倡 (coeng1 coeng3 | chang4 chang1) : initiate; lead

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倡

coeng1 coeng3

chang4 chang1

[粵] coeng1 coeng3 [國] chang4
initiate; lead; advocate; promote; introduce

[粵] coeng1 [國] chang1
[archaic] professional singer, dancer or musician

For the principal meaning, Jyutping coeng1 is the standard pronunciation; coeng3 is a variant.

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

倡

This word has been viewed 3235 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Dec 2009 01:20

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倡議 coeng3 ji5 chang4 yi4 = suggestion; proposal; to suggest; to propose

提倡 tai4 coeng1 ti2 chang4 = to promote; to advocate

倡廉 coeng3 lim4 = combat against corruption

夫倡婦隨 fu1 coeng3 fu5 ceoi4 = the husband leads and the wife follows; domestic harmony (also 夫唱婦隨)

倡導 coeng1 dou6 chang4 dao3 = initiate; advocate

戰略防禦倡議 zin3 loek6 fong4 jyu6 coeng3 ji5 zhan4 lve4 fang2 yu4 chang4 yi4 = strategic defense initiative

提倡台獨的民進黨 tai4 coeng1 toi4 duk6 dik1 man4 zeon3 dong2 ti2 chang4 tai2 du2 de5 min2 jin4 dang3 = the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 國

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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: 倡
Unicode code for this character: U+5021 (off-site link)

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