Chinese Character 墟 (heoi1 | xu1 ) : [1] [n] high mound; ancient town; ghost town [

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墟
heoi1 xu1
[1] [n] high mound; ancient town; ghost town [2] wild, waste land [3] [n] periodical market place where goods are bartered [4] [v] ruin; destroy Stroke count: 15 Level: 3 Radical: 土 (#32)
墟
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廢墟 fai3 heoi1 fei4 xu1 = ruins 趁墟 can3 heoi1 = to attend (the village fair) 三個女人一個墟 saam1 go3 neoi5 jan4 jat1 go3 heoi1 = 3 women noisy like a market 趁墟打市 can3 heoi1 daa2 si5 = loot a burning house, take adventage of sb.'s misfortune (lit., "to go to the market, to go to the fair") 墟冚 heoi1 ham6 = crowded and busy粵殷墟 jan1 heoi1 jin1 xu1 = The Yinxu ruins 大埔墟 daai6 bou3 heoi1 = Tai Po Market 舊大埔墟站 gau6 daai6 bou3 heoi1 zaam6 = Old Tai Po Market Station (KCR)
Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 墟
Unicode code for this character: U+589F (off-site link)

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