Chinese Word of the Day

担架
dān jià

stretcher

Definitions

Chinese > English
担架
1. Simplified form of 擔架
擔架	dānjià
1. n. stretcher (for carrying a person)
English > Chinese
stretcher
1. 担架床
Components
担
1. Variant of 擔
2. Variant of 揭
3. Variant of 撣
4. Variant of 笪
揭	jiē
1. to raise; to lift up
2. to uncover; to unveil; to expose; to reveal
3. to tear off; to take off
4. Used in place names
5. to lift up one's clothes
6. to block up
撣	dǎn
1. (Alternative form 撢) to dust
2. Shan people
3. (archaic) Dai people
4. (Sichuanese) to whip
5. (Sichuanese) to chase away (flies), to get rid of (dust)
擔	dān
1. to carry on a shoulder pole
2. to bear; to shoulder; to undertake
3. (Cantonese) to hold in one's mouth
4. carrying pole with loads on both ends
5. burden; load; responsibilities
6. picul (a, a traditional Chinese unit of weight previously around 60 kg and now standardized to 50 kg)
笪	dá
1. (Cantonese)
兩笪地方 - two places
兩笪地 - two pieces of land
一笪漬zik1 - a stain
2. coarse mat made of bamboo
3. .
架	jià
1. rack; stand; prop; frame; framework
2. to prop up; to support
3. to put up; to construct; to frame
4. quarrel; fight
一架飛機 - an airplane -
5. (dialectal)
一架車 - a car -
一架單車 - a bike -
6. (Min Nan) to place; to put; to rest on
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