巨 (geoi6 | ju4) : huge; tremendous; gigantic

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巨

geoi6

ju4

huge; tremendous; gigantic; colossal; immense

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 工 (#48)

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

巨

This word has been viewed 7519 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Jan 2015 13:20

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巨型 geoi6 jing4 ju4 xing2 = massive; gigantic; huge

巨大 geoi6 daai6 ju4 da4 = huge; enormous; gigantic; immense; tremendous; mammoth

艱巨 gaan1 geoi6 jian1 ju4 = very difficult; extremely hard

巨債 geoi6 zaai3 ju4 zhai4 = huge debt

巨頭 geoi6 tau4 ju4 tou2 = tycoon, magnate

巨蟹星座 geoi6 haai5 sing1 zo6 = Cancer (zodiac)

巨集指令 geoi6 zaap6 zi2 ling6 = macro, macro command, macro program

工業的巨頭 gung1 jip6 dik1 geoi6 tau4 gong1 ye4 de5 ju4 tou2 = industry mogul 國

巨人 geoi6 jan4 ju4 ren2 = a giant

巨大壓力 geoi6 daai6 aat3 lik6 ju4 da4 ya1 li4 = enormous pressure; tremendous pressure

巨擘 geoi6 maak3 ju4 bo4 = thumb; authority (knowledgeable person)

巨星 geoi6 sing1 ju4 xing1 = superstar; giant star

巨流 geoi6 lau4 ju4 liu2 = strong current

巨細 geoi6 sai3 ju4 xi4 = big and small

巨無霸 geoi6 mou4 baa3 ju4 wu2 ba4 = Big Mac

巨響 geoi6 hoeng2 ju4 xiang3 = [n] loud sound

巨輪 geoi6 leon4 ju4 lun2 = large ship; large wheel

巨蟒 geoi6 mong5 ju4 mang3 = a python

巨額 geoi6 ngaak6 ju4 e2 = a huge sum (of money); large amount

巨匠 geoi6 zoeng6 ju4 jiang4 = master craftsman

事無巨細 si6 mou4 geoi6 sai3 shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4 = all affairs big or small

天王巨星 tin1 wong4 geoi6 sing1 = a major (movie) star 粵

紅巨星 hung4 geoi6 sing1 hong2 ju4 xing1 = a red giant (star)

巨片 geoi6 pin3*2 ju4 pian4 = a huge movie production; a blockbuster movie

巨籮 geoi6 lo4*1 ju4 luo2 = huge butt; huge behind 粵

巨魔 geoi6 mo1 ju4 mo2 = troll

巨蟹座 geoi6 haai5 zo6 = Cancer (Zodiac)

巨細胞病毒 geoi6 sai3 baau1 beng6 duk6 ju4 xi4 bao1 bing4 du2 = cytomegalovirus (CMV)

雙手巨劍 soeng1 sau2 geoi6 gim3 = great sword, two-handed sword

巨野 geoi6 je5 ju4 ye3 = Juye (place in Shandong)

巨鹿 geoi6 luk6*2 ju4 lu4 = Julu (place in Hebei)

巨港 geoi6 gong2 = Palembang

古巨基 gu2 geoi6 gei1 gu3 ju4 ji1 = Leo Ku Kui-Kei

巨人傳 geoi6 jan4 zyun6 = Gargantua and Pantagruel (lit., "the giants' biography")

丹尼士巨龍 daan1 nei4 si6 geoi6 lung4 dan1 ni2 ju4 long2 = Dennis Dragon bus

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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: 巨
Unicode code for this character: U+5de8 (off-site link)

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