填 (tin4 | tian2) : fill up/in/out

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填

tin4

tian2

[1] fill up (a hole); stuff; block up
[2] fill up (a vacancy); make up (a deficiency)
[3] fill in/out (a form); write

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

填

This word has been viewed 6971 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Feb 2011 14:01

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填表 tin4 biu2 tian2 biao3 = to fill in (US: fill out) a form

填寫 tin4 se2 tian2 xie3 = to fill out

填補 tin4 bou2 tian2 bu3 = to fill (a vacancy, gap etc.)

堆填區 deoi1 tin4 keoi1 diu1 tian1 qu1 = landfill 粵

填鴨 tin4 aap3*2 = roast duck; Peking duck

填滿 tin4 mun5 tian2 man3 = [v] to cram; to fill in

填充 tin4 cung1 tian2 chong1 = pad; padding; fill in the blank(s)

填海 tin4 hoi2 tian2 hai3 = to reclaim land from the sea

填鴨式教育 tin4 aap3 sik1 gaau3 juk6 tian2 ya1 shi4 jiao4 yu4 = duck-stuffing teaching method/system

填詞 tin4 ci4 tian2 ci2 = lyrics; to compose a poem to a tune
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Showing all 2 examples containing 填

我不敢隨便填寫我的個人資料。國
I do not dare carelessly fill out [on a form] my personal information.

我唔敢隨便填我啲個人資料。粵
I do not dare carelessly fill out [on a form] my personal information.

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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: 填
Unicode code for this character: U+586b (off-site link)

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