寨 (zaai6 | zhai4) : stockade

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寨

zaai6

zhai4

stockade; fence; stronghold; camp

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

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

寨

This word has been viewed 5180 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Jul 2009 14:59

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九龍城寨 gau2 lung4 sing4 zaai6 jiu3 long2 cheng2 zhai4 = Kowloon Walled City

山寨 saan1 zaai6 shan1 zhai4 = fortified mountain village; improvised product (slang)

山寨機 saan1 zaai6 gei1 shan1 zhai4 ji1 = black market product / fake / imitation or counterfeit of branded product

柬埔寨 gaan2 bou3 zaai6 jian3 pu3 zhai4 = Cambodia

九龍城寨公園 gau2 lung4 sing4 zaai6 gung1 jyun4*2 jiu3 long2 cheng2 zhai4 gong1 yuan2 = Kowloon Walled City Park

丹寨 daan1 zaai6 dan1 zhai4 = Danzhai (place in Guizhou)

金寨 gam1 zaai6 jin1 zhai4 = Jinzhai (place in Anhui)

五寨 ng5 zaai6 wu3 zhai4 = Wuzhai (place in Shanxi)

九寨溝 gau2 zaai6 kau1 jiu3 zhai4 gou1 = Jiuzhaigou Valley / Valley of Nine Villages (place in Sichuan)

寨乪村 zaai6 kek6 cyun1 = Chai Kek Village 粵
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 10 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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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.
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Decimal representation of this word: 寨
Unicode code for this character: U+5be8 (off-site link)

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