翁 (jung1 | weng1 ) : old man

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翁

jung1

weng1

[1] old man
[2] [archaic] father
[3] father-in-law
[4] a title of respect

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 羽 (#124)

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

翁

This word has been viewed 7505 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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百萬富翁 baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1 bai3 wan4 fu4 weng1 = millionaire

億萬富翁 jik1 maan6 fu3 jung1 = billionaire

主人翁 zyu2 jan4 jung1 zhu3 ren2 weng1 = master; leading character

不倒翁 bat1 dou2 jung1 bu4 dao3 weng1 = tumbler; roly-poly

信天翁 seon3 tin1 jung1 xin4 tian1 weng1 = an albatross (bird)

漁翁 jyu4 jung1 = [n] fisherman

老翁 lou5 jung1 lao3 weng1 = an old man

千萬富翁 cin1 maan6 fu3 jung1 qian1 wan4 fu4 weng1 = multimillionaire

大富翁 daai6 fu3 jung1 da4 fu4 weng1 = monopoly

醜婦終須見家翁 cau2 fu5 zung1 seoi1 gin3 gaa1 jung1 chou3 fu4 zhong1 zu1 jian4 jia1 weng1 = sooner or later one's shortcomings and faults will be shown to others 粵

沙翁 saa1 jung1 = [n] sweet dessert made of egg (chinese doughnut); Shakespeare (old man Sha)

塞翁失馬 coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 = a blessing in disguise

塞翁失馬,焉知非福 coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 jin1 zi1 fei1 fuk1 sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2 = misfortune may be a blessing in disguise

善長仁翁 sin6 zoeng2 jan4 jung1 shan4 zhang3 ren2 weng1 = a donor to charity 粵

翁虹 jung1 hung4 weng1 hong2 = Yvonne Yung (a.k.a., Ewong Yung)

翁倩玉 jung1 sin6 juk6 weng1 qian4 yu4 = Judy Ongg

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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: 翁
Unicode code for this character: U+7fc1 (off-site link)

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