橙 (caang4*2 caang4 | cheng2 chen2) : orange

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橙

caang4*2 caang4

cheng2 chen2

orange (fruit); orange (colour)
[NB. For the colour orange, 橙 is used more in Cantonese, 橘 more in Mandarin]
[NB. Cantonese pronunciation: Tone#2 is colloquial, tone#4 is literary]

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

橙

Don't confuse with:
證燈

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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橙汁 caang4*2 zap1 = orange juice 粵

橙色 caang4*2 sik1 = orange (colour)

甜橙 tim4 caang4*2 = orange

紅肉橙 hung4 juk6 caang4*2 = a blood orange

柳橙 lau5 caang4*2 = orange

橙黃色 caang4*2 wong4 sik1 = pale orange color, gamboge

粉橙色 fan2 caang4*2 sik1 = peach colored

芬達橙汁 fan1 daat6 caang4*2 zap1 = Fanta Orange

鮮橙汁 sin1 caang4*2 zap1 = fresh orange juice

金山橙 gam1 saan1 caang4*2 = Temple oranges (named after WC Temple)
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 19 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 橙

尐橙好甜。粵
The oranges are sweet.

佢尐橙好甜。粵
His/her oranges are sweet.

有尐橙好甜。粵
Some oranges are sweet.

她用橙色的蠟筆來畫太陽國
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
[來 here means "in order to" or "to". Marked as unsure: Can an editor please fix the jyutping?]

哎吔，我唔記得咗買橙返嚟添！粵
Oh, I have forgotten to buy some oranges.

有尐橙係好甜嘅。粵
Some oranges are sweet.

佢有尐橙好甜。粵
Some of his oranges are sweet.

蘋果𠸎埋橙都好平粵
The apples and also the oranges are very inexpensive.

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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: 橙
Unicode code for this character: U+6A59 (off-site link)

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