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电动扶梯diàn dòng fú tī
escalator
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 电动扶梯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 電動扶梯 | ||
| 電動扶梯 | diàndòng fútī | |
| 1. n. escalator (mechanical device) | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| escalator | ||
| 1. 自动电梯 | ||
| Components | ||
| 电 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 電 | ||
| 電 | ||
| 1. electricity | ||
| 动 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 動 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 働 | ||
| 働 | dòng | |
| 1. (uncommon, dated) (zh-used2, j): labor; work | ||
| 勞働动dòng - labor (勞動*) | ||
| 2. usage. This character is pronounced similar to 有邊讀邊 method. | ||
| 3. usage. In mainland China, this character is considered a variant traditional form of tr=láodòng. | ||
| 動 | dòng | |
| 1. (transitive or intransitive) to move | ||
| 坐 著着zhe 不 動 - to sit still and not move | ||
| 動 來 動 去 - to move around | ||
| 我 的 東西xi 你 不要 動。 - Don't move my stuff. | ||
| 誰 動 過 我 的 電腦？ - Who used my computer? | ||
| 2. to act | ||
| 輕舉妄動 - to act rashly | ||
| 3. to alter; to change the state of | ||
| 改動 - to alter | ||
| 4. to use | ||
| 動筆 - to write | ||
| 動腦筋 - to use one's head | ||
| 5. to move; to touch (emotionally) | ||
| 動人 - moving | ||
| 動 感情 - to be carried away with emotion (usually feelings of love) | ||
| 不 為wéi 親情 所 動 - Not swayed by family love | ||
| 6. (dialectal, chiefly in the negative) to eat; to drink | ||
| 不 動 葷腥 - to never eat meat or fish | ||
| 7. (literary) easily; always | ||
| 動 以 萬 計 - | ||
| 8. (grammar) Short for 動詞 (verb) | ||
| 扶 | fú | |
| 1. to hold onto something as support; to support oneself | ||
| 2. to help someone up; to support someone | ||
| 3. to help; to aid; to assist | ||
| 4. to try to do something despite illness | ||
| Fu | ||
| 5. (Min Dong) to pardon | ||
| 6. (Min Nan) to brownnose; to suck up; to kiss someone's ass | ||
| 7. (Alternative form 膚) an ancient unit of length equal to the width of four fingers | ||
| 8. Alternative form of 匍 Only used in 扶服 (, 扶伏) | ||
| 梯 | tī | |
| 1. ladder; steps; stairs | ||
| 擔 堂 梯 - to carry a ladder | ||
| 2. ladder-shaped object | ||
| 3. to climb | ||
| 4. to lean against | ||
| 5. (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator | ||
| 梯 旁 - along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator - | ||
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Pronunciation
diàn dòng fú tī
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