曼 (maan6 | man4) : prolonged; graceful

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曼

maan6

man4

[1] prolonged; long-drawn-out; lengthened
[2] graceful; soft and beautiful

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 曰 (#73)

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

曼

This word has been viewed 6555 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Sep 2011 15:31

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曼聯 maan6 lyun4 man4 lian2 = Manchester United

羅曼蒂克 lo4 maan6 dai3 hak1 luo4 man4 di4 ke4 = romantic

羅曼諦克 lo4 maan6 dai3 hak1 luo4 man4 di4 ke4 = romantic

伊曼 ji1 maan6 yi1 man4 = imam (religious leader in Islam)

蛾眉曼睩 ngo4 mei4 maan6 luk6 e2 mei2 man4 lu4 = pretty crescent eyebrows (on women) and rolling eyes

阿曼 o1 maan6 a1 man4 = Oman

土庫曼斯坦 tou2 fu3 maan6 si1 taan2 tu3 ku4 man4 si1 tan3 = Turkmenistan

曼谷 maan6 guk1 man4 gu3 = Bangkok

曼徹斯特 maan6 cit3 si1 dak6 man4 che4 si1 te4 = Manchester

曼秀雷敦 maan6 sau3 leoi4 deon1 = Mentholatum

曼受雷敦 maan6 sau6 leoi4 deon1 man4 shou4 lei2 dun1 = Mentholatum

安曼 on1 maan6 an1 man4 = Amman

安達曼島 on1 daat6 maan6 dou2 an1 da2 man4 dao3 = Andaman Islands

曼德拉 maan6 dak1 laai1 man4 de2 la1 = (Nelson) Mandela

土庫曼 tou2 fu3 maan6 tu3 ku4 man4 = Turkmenistan

奈曼旗 noi6 maan6 kei4 nai4 man4 qi2 = Naiman qi (place in Inner Mongolia)

曼谷航空公司 maan6 guk1 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1 = Bangkok Airways

曼城 maan6 sing4 man4 cheng2 = Manchester City (football club in England)

曼克頓 maan6 hak1 deon6 man4 ke4 dun4 = Manhattan

日耳曼 jat6 ji5 maan6 ri4 er3 man4 = Germanic

布須曼人 bou3 seoi1 maan6 jan4 bu4 xu1 man4 ren2 = bushman (African minority)

奧斯曼 ou3 si1 maan6 Ao4 si1 man4 = Ottoman (empire)

奧斯曼帝國 ou3 si1 maan6 dai3 gwok3 ao4 si1 man4 di4 guo2 = Ottoman empire

拉赫曼尼諾夫 laa1 hak1 maan6 nei4 nok6 fu1 la1 he4 man4 ni2 nuo4 fu1 = Rachmaninoff

利伯曼 lei6 baak3 maan6 li4 bo2 man4 = (Connecticut Senator Joseph I.) Lieberman

許曼筠 heoi2 maan6 gwan1 xu3 man4 jun1 = MAKI

張曼玉 zoeng1 maan6 juk6 zhang1 man4 yu4 = Maggie Cheung

舒曼 syu1 maan6 = Robert Alexander Schumann

佘詩曼 se4 si1 maan6 she2 shi1 man4 = Charmaine Sheh See Man (TVB actress)

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