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ngo4
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[n] goose; gander Stroke count: 18
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| 鵝 / 鹅 | |
| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 | |
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天鵝
tin1 ngo4 = swan
企鵝
kei5 ngo4*2 = the penguin
燒鵝
siu1 ngo4*2 = roast goose
天鵝絨
tin1 ngo4 jung4*2 = velvet; velours
帝王企鵝
dai3 wong4 kei5 ngo4*2 = emperor penguin
半隻燒鵝
bun3 zek3 siu1 ngo4*2 = a half roast goose
鹵水鵝
lou5 seoi2 ngo4 = brine-soaked goose
千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重
cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, lai5 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6 = the meaning is more important than the value of the present
千里送鵝毛，物輕情意重
cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, mat6 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6 = the meaning is more important than the value of the present
天鵝湖
tin1 ngo4 wu4 = Swan LakeSee all 12 compounds |
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Showing 1 example containing 鵝
你真係癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉 粵
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You are going after a girl who is way too good for you. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1200/]鵝[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1200/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">鵝</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 鵝
Unicode code for this character: U+9d5d (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1200/]鵝[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1200/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">鵝</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 鵝
Unicode code for this character: U+9d5d (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
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- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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