冠 (gun3 gun1 | guan4 guan1 ) : rank first; hat, cap

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冠

gun3 gun1

guan4 guan1

[粵] gun3 [國] guan4
[1] rank first; champion; first place; best
[2] put on a hat/cap
[3] crown with; precede by

[粵] gun1 [國] guan1
[1] hat; cap; crown
[2] hat-shaped thing (like chaplet, cockscomb, etc)

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 冖 (#14)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

冠

This word has been viewed 7994 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Oct 2009 15:31

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冠軍 gun3 gwan1 guan4 jun1 = champion; winner

雞冠 gai1 gun1 ji1 guan1 = crest; cockscomb, coxcomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata)

桂冠 gwai3 gun1 gui4 guan1 = laurels

皇冠 wong4 gun1 = imperial crown

齒冠 ci2 gun1 chi3 guan1 = crown (of tooth)

高雞冠 gou1 gai1 gun1 = crested bulbul

不定冠詞 bat1 ding6 gun3 ci4 bu4 ding4 guan4 ci2 = indefinite article 國

冠詞 gun3 ci4 guan4 ci2 = [ling.] article

定冠詞 ding6 gun3 ci4 ding4 huan4 ci2 = [ling.] definite article

羽冠 jyu5 gun1 yu3 guan4 = crest (of a bird)

肉冠 juk6 gun3 rou4 guan1 = [zoology] comb, caruncle

樹冠 syu6 gun1 shu4 guan1 = tree top; tree canopy

奪冠 dyut6 gun3 duo2 guan4 = to win first place; to capture the championship

總冠軍 zung2 gun3 gwan1 zong3 guan4 jun1 = overall champion, grand champion

冠冕 gun1 min5 guan1 mian3 = crown; diadem

冠狀 gun1 zong6 guan1 zhuang4 = coronary; crown-shaped

冠心病 gun1 sam1 beng6 = coronary artery disease

許冠傑 heoi2 gun1 git6 xu3 guan4 jie2 = Samuel Hui

冠縣 gun1 jyun6 guan1 xian4 = Guan county (county in Shandong)

冠軍科技集團有限公司 gun3 gwan1 fo1 gei6 zaap6 tyun4 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 = Champion Technology Holdings Ltd.

許冠英 heoi2 gun1 jing1 xu3 guan1 ying1 = Ricky Hui

許冠文 heoi2 gun1 man4 xu3 guan1 wen2 = Michael Hui

金冠大廈 gam1 gun1 daai6 haa6 = Golden Crown Court

冠狀病毒 gun1 zong6 beng6 duk6 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2 = coronavirus

陳冠希 can4 gun1 hei1 chen2 guan1 xi1 = Edison Chen

陳冠樺 can4 gun1 waa4 chen2 guan1 hua4 = Hwa Hwa (a.k.a, Chen Guan Hwa)

黃品冠 wong4 ban2 gun1 huang2 pin3 guan1 = Victor Wong Pin Kuan

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 冠
Unicode code for this character: U+51a0 (off-site link)

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