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sword; dagger; saber | [variant] 劔 Stroke count: 15
Level: 1
Radical: 刀 (#18)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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劍道
gim3 dou6 = kendo
劍蘭
gim3 laan4 = gladiolus
擊劍
gik1 gim3 = fencing
寶劍
bou2 gim3 = a double-edged sword
劍術
gim3 seot6 = swordplay; fencing
劍橋
gim3 kiu4 = Cambridge
西洋劍
sai1 joeng4 gim3 = [n] foil, epee, saber used for fencing
劍花
gim3 faa1 = a night-blooming cereus
劍客
gim3 haak3 = a swordsman; a chivalrous expert
手裏劍
sau2 leoi5 gim3 = shuriken, throwing stars
手裡劍
sau2 leoi5 gim3 = shuriken, throwing stars
木劍
muk6 gim3 = wooden sword
劍仔
gim3 zai2 = dagger, stiletto 粵
刻舟求劍
hak1 zau1 kau4 gim3 = an action made pointless by changed circumstances
劍術師
gim3 seot6 si1 = fencer (common formation)
唇槍舌劍
seon4 coeng1 sit6 gim3 = cross swords with
刀光劍影
dou1 gwong1 gim3 jing2 = the flash and glitter of knives and swords
劍鞘
gim3 ciu3 = scabbard for a sword
雙刃劍
soeng1 jan6 gim3 = double-edged sword
放飛劍
fong3 fei1 gim3 = to spit 粵
手半劍
sau2 bun3 gim3 = hand and a half sword; bastard sword
單手劍
daan1 sau2 gim3 = single-handed sword
雙手巨劍
soeng1 sau2 geoi6 gim3 = great sword, two-handed sword
劍擊
gim3 gik1 = fencing
劍川
gim3 cyun1 = Jianchuan (place in Yunnan)
劍閣
gim3 gok3 = Jiange (place in Sichuan)
劍河
gim3 ho4 = Jianhe (place in Guizhou)
劍橋大學
gim3 kiu4 daai6 hok6 = Cambridge (University)
吞劍者
tan1 gim3 ze2 = a sword swallower (at the circus)
劍龍
gim3 lung4 = [n] stegosaurus
劍突
gim3 dat6 = xiphoid process, ensiform process
太極劍
taai3 gik6 gim3 = taiji sword, tai chi sword
劍拔弩張
gim3 bat6 nou5 zoeng1 = a state of mutual hostility
朱劍輝
zyu1 gim3 fai1 = Chu Chien-Hoi |
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Legend 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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