儲 (cyu5 cou5 | chu3) : save, store up

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儲

cyu5 cou5

chu3

[1] save; store up; keep in reserve
[2] heir to the throne; crown prince

The Jyutping 'cyu5' is the literary pronunciation while 'cou5' is the colloquial. 'cou5' is used only for the first meaning.

See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] for a discussion of 儲 versus 貯.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

儲 / 储

This word has been viewed 12857 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Oct 2014 23:16

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儲君 cyu5 gwan1 chu3 jun1 = heir apparent to a throne

儲定錢 cou5 ding6 cin2 = save money beforehand 粵

儲蓄戶口 cyu5 cuk1 wu6 hau2 chu3 xu4 hu4 kou3 = savings account

儲蓄 cyu5 cuk1 chu3 xu4 = savings; deposits; (financial) accounts; to save; to deposit; to accumulate

儲存 cyu5 cyun4 chu3 cun2 = to store; to stock; to stockpile; to hoard; to save (computer lang.)

儲備 cyu5 bei6 chu3 bei4 = to store for future use; to build up reserves; [n] reserves; store

儲值車票 cyu5 zik6 ce1 piu3 = stored value ticket

存儲器 cyun4 cyu5 hei3 = memory

儲錢 cou5 cin4*2 chu3 qian2 = save money [粵] 粵

儲備基金 cyu5 bei6 gei1 gam1 chu3 bei4 ji1 jin1 = a reserve fund
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 儲

要唔要儲八達通積分? 粵
Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)
[儲 should be pronounced cou5 here]

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Decimal representation of this word: 儲
Unicode code for this character: U+5132 (off-site link)

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