參 (caam1 sam1 saam1 | can1 cen1 shen1 san1) : join; refer; call on

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參

caam1 sam1 saam1

can1 cen1 shen1 san1

[粵拼] caam1 [國語] can1
[1] join; enter; take part in
[2] refer; consult; search into
[3] call on; pay respects; visit
[4] impeach; censure

[粵拼] caam1 [國語] cen1
uneven; irregular; not uniform

[粵拼] sam1 [國語] shen1
[1] one of the 28 constellations
[2] ginseng
[3] [粵] [loanword] ransom

[粵拼] saam1 [國語] san1
[1] three –– the alternate and formal form used in place of 三 on checks, in accounting and banking to avoid mistakes.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 厶 (#28)

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

參 / 参

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Oct 2009 00:18

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人參 jan4 sam1 ren2 shen1 = ginseng, panax

海參 hoi2 sam1 = sea cucumber; sea slug; trepang

參加 caam1 gaa1 can1 jia1 = to take part; to join; to participate; to attend

參軍 caam1 gwan1 can1 jun1 = join the army

參觀 caam1 gun1 can1 guan1 = to visit

參議 caam1 ji5 can1 yi4 = counsel

參議院 caam1 ji5 jyun6*2 can1 yi4 yuan4 = Senate

參議員 caam1 ji5 jyun4 can1 yi4 yuan2 = Senator

參閱 caam1 jyut6 can1 yue4 = to read up on; to consult; to reference

參謀 caam1 mau4 can1 mou2 = to give advice; staff officer
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 40 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我們參照原文作了必要的修改。國
We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.

係環境被逼先至去標參 粵
The circumstances forced him to kidnap.

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

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Decimal representation of this word: 參
Unicode code for this character: U+53c3 (off-site link)

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