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独木舟dú mù zhōu
canoe
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
独木舟 | ||
1. Simplified form of 獨木舟 | ||
獨木舟 | dúmùzhōu | |
1. n. dugout canoe | ||
2. n. kayak | ||
English > Chinese | ||
canoe | ||
1. 独木舟 | ||
2. 圆木舟 | ||
3. 皮舟 | ||
4. 划独木舟 | ||
5. 独乘木舟 | ||
Components | ||
独 | ||
1. Simplified form of 獨 | ||
獨 | dú | |
1. alone; single; solitary | ||
獨自 - by oneself | ||
獨奏 - solo | ||
2. the old and childless | ||
3. only | ||
不獨 - not only | ||
唯獨 - only; all except | ||
4. (literary) (Indicates a rhetorical question): is it possible that... | ||
(syn, zh, 豈, 寧) | ||
5. (in compounds) separatism | ||
謀獨 - to plot / scheme for independence | ||
港獨 - Hong Kong Independence Movement | ||
臺獨 - Taiwan independence movement | ||
木 | mù | |
1. tree; woody plant | ||
(syn, zh, 樹) | ||
樹木 - tree | ||
灌木 - shrub | ||
木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
2. wood; timber | ||
木頭tou - log | ||
3. wooden | ||
這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
棺木 - coffin | ||
就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
6. numb | ||
麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. | ||
舟 | zhōu | |
1. (literary) boat | ||
同舟共濟 - to pull together in times of trouble, lit=to cross a river in the same boat | ||
2. (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat | ||
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Pronunciation
dú mù zhōu
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