Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
高 |
亠口冋 |
gāo |
1. tall; high |
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高原 - plateau |
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這 座 山 特別 高。 - This mountain is especially tall. |
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生得 高 嘅 女仔 - a tall girl |
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唔好 擺 得 咁 高 啦。 - Don't put it so high. |
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2. of high level; above average |
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很 高 的 價格 - high price |
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高 糖-量 - high sugar content |
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很 高 的 標準 - very high standard |
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高 年級 - higher/senior grades |
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我 比 他 高 一 班。 - I am one year above him. |
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3. high place |
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居高臨下 - to occupy a high position and look down |
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4. loud |
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高歌 - to sing loudly |
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5. (geometry) altitude |
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求 梯形 的 高 - find the altitude of the trapezium |
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6. (honorific) your |
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7. (chemistry) per- |
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高錳酸鉀 - potassium permanganate |
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8. , Gao (surname) |
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高 適 - Gao Shi (Tang dynasty poet) |
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9. (Min) Alternative form of 懸 (-, t=tall; high) |
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10. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin) |
文 |
亠乂 |
wén |
文 如 貍lí - having a pattern like that of a wild cat | |
1. Original form of 紋 (to tattoo, tr=wén rú lí) |
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文身 (wénshēn) - to tattoo |
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文面 (wénmiàn) - face tattoo |
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2. writing; literary composition; literature |
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文章 (wénzhāng) - article, essay |
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散sǎn文 (sǎnwén) - prose |
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文不對題 (wénbùduìtí) - (of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject |
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呢ni1 篇 文man4-2 寫 得 唔錯。 - This essay is written quite well. |
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3. official document |
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4. literary language; Literary Chinese |
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半文半白 (bànwénbànbái) - half literary, half vernacular |
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5. Short for 文讀 (literary reading) |
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6. script; written form |
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甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén) - oracle bone script |
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書 同 文,車 同 軌。 - Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards) |
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天城文 (tiānchéngwén) - Devanagari |
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7. (written) language |
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(ant, zh, 語) |
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中文 (zhōngwén) - Chinese |
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英文 (yīngwén) - English |
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8. culture |
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文化 (wénhuà) - culture |
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文明 (wénmíng) - civilization |
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9. liberal arts; humanities |
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10. natural or social phenomenon |
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天文 (tiānwén) - astronomy |
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人文 (rénwén) - humanities; letters |
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11. ritual; etiquette |
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繁文縟節 - tr=fánwénrùjié |
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12. of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian |
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文職 (wénzhí) - civilian post |
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文官 (wénguān) - civil official |
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文武 (wénwǔ) - civilian and military |
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13. gentle; refined |
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斯文 (sīwén) - refined, cultured |
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文雅 (wényǎ) - elegant, refined |
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14. 47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "pattern, repetition" (?) |
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15. (archaic) |
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16. (numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent) |
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一 文 (yī wén) - one mill |
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17. (zh-div, 日) (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month |
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文夕.大火 (Wénxī Dàhuǒ) - 1938 Changsha fire |
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文 天-祥 (Wén Tiānxiáng) - Wen Tianxiang (Chinese politician and poet in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty) |
wén, wèn |
18. to cover |
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文過 (wénguò, wènguò) - to cover one's fault |
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19. Variant of 蚊 |
交 |
亠父 |
jiāo |
1. to intersect; to cross | |
相交 - to intersect |
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(zh-co, 交 好運, to meet with good fortune) |
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2. to reach (a certain time) |
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3. time or place where two things meet |
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(zh-co, 春 夏 之 交, when springs changes into summer) |
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(zh-co, 世紀 之 交, the turn of the century) |
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地處 豫 晉 兩 省shěnɡ 之 交 - located where the borders of Henan and Shanxi meet |
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4. to hand over; to turn in; to submit |
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交班 - to hand over to the next shift |
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(zh-co, 交 功課, to turn in homework, C) |
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交 咗 租 未? - Have you paid rent? |
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請 把 任務 交 給 我 吧! - Please assign me the task! |
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5. to make (friends) |
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交.朋友 - to make a friend |
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(zh-co, 交 男朋友, to get a boyfriend) |
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6. friendship; relationship |
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邦交 - diplomatic relations |
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泛泛之交 - acquaintance |
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君子.之.交.淡.如.水 - True friendship between two men of accomplishment need not be overly demonstrative. |
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7. to have sexual intercourse; to mate |
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肛交 - to have anal sex |
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雜交 - to hybridize; to crossbreed |
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8. mutually; reciprocally |
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交談 - to converse |
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交易 - to trade |
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9. simultaneously; at the same time |
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10. 16th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contact" (?) |
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11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 跤 (-) |
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12. (Hokkien, dated) (Used to refer to a private wholesale trading company) |
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(zh-alt-inline, 郊) |
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13. Variant of 跤 |
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14. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) and |
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15. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) with; accompanying |
丹 |
冂亠 |
dān |
1. cinnabar | |
2. red |
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3. refined medical substance |
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4. (Catholicism) Dan |
六 |
亠八 |
liù, lù |
1. six | |
六 城 - Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan) |
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2. (printing) small text; The size of type between little 6, standardized as 7½ point. |
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3. (dialectal) proficient |
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4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable |
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5. . (pronounced Lù) |
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6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., tr=Lù'ān Lu'an, Anhui, China) |
liù |
7. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).) |
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8. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).) |
市 |
亠巾 |
shì |
1. city; town | |
2. market; fair |
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3. to trade; to do business |
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4. to buy |
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5. to sell |
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6. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) business situation (buy and sell of goods) |
产 |
亠丷厂 |
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1. Simplified form of 產 |
商 |
亠丷冏 |
shāng |
1. trade; commerce; business | |
2. businessman; dealer; trader; merchant |
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3. (mathematics) quotient |
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6 除以 2 的 商 是 3。 - The quotient of 6 divided by 2 is 3. |
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4. (music) the second note in the Chinese pentatonic scale |
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5. (zh-div, 朝) Shang Dynasty |
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6. to discuss; to consult |
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7. (zh-div, 宿) (Chinese astronomy) zh-altname, 心, Heart (Chinese constellation) mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions) |
衣 |
亠 |
yī |
1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing | |
衣服 - clothes |
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內衣 - underwear |
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睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas |
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2. coating; covering; skin |
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糖衣 - sugar coating |
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槍衣 - gun cover |
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3. membrane; film |
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4. (literary or dialectal) afterbirth; placenta |
yì, yī |
衣yì錦還huán鄉 - to return home in glory |
帝 |
亠丷冖巾 |
dì |
1. emperor; sovereign | |
2. Short for 帝國主義 (imperialism) |
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反帝 鬥爭 - anti-imperialism struggle |
旁 |
亠丷冖方 |
páng |
1. side; beside; close by | |
(syn, zh, 旁邊) |
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2. other; else |
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3. (linguistics) radical (of a character) |
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(syn, zh, 偏旁) |
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4. widespread |
péng |
5. (zh-only, 旁勃) |
bēng |
6. (zh-only, 旁旁) |
毫 |
亠口冖毛 |
háo |
1. fine hair | |
2. writing brush |
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3. (especially in the negative) slightest bit; least amount |
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4. a measure of length, equal to 100 micrometres |
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5. milli- (SI unit prefix) |
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6. a unit of weight equal to one tenth of a cash |
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7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) one tenth of a yuan or dollar; 10 cents; dime |
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九 蚊 九 毫 九 - 9 dollars and 99 cents |
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六 毫 幾 - 60-something cents |
亡 |
亠 |
wáng |
1. to run away; to flee; to escape | |
逃亡 - to flee |
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2. to lose |
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亡佚 - to be lost |
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亡羊補牢 - to repair the pen after sheep is lost |
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3. (intransitive) to be destroyed; to become extinct; to die out |
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滅亡 - to perish |
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4. to destroy; to annihilate; to exterminate |
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5. to die |
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死亡 - to die |
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亡妻 - deceased wife |
豪 |
亠口冖豕 |
háo |
豪飲 - to drink a lot | |
文豪 - great writer |
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1. extremely talented person |
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2. bold; unrestrained; straightforward |
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3. heroic; powerful |
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4. despotic; tyrannical; cruel |
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5. despot; tyrant; bully |
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豪強 - bully |
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6. rich; wealthy; luxurious |
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7. (dialectal Mandarin) kite (toy) |
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8. Alternative form of 毫 (fine hair; slightest amount) |
京 |
亠 |
jīng |
1. (zh-no-solo) capital (city) | |
京城 - capital city |
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京畿 - capital city and its surrounding area |
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泰京 - (Thailand) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand) |
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墨京 - (dated) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico) |
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2. Short for 北京 (Beijing) after 1949 |
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京劇 - Beijing opera |
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京腔 - Beijing accent |
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3. Short for 南京 (Nanjing) during 1927 - 1948 |
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4. Short for 京都 (Kyoto) when referring Japan-related topics |
jīng |
5. adj. ethnic Vietnamese from China |