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| 廿 | |
je6 jaa6 nim6
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twenty; twentieth The number 20 is 二十. It is only for the numbers 21-29 inclusive that we use 廿 (as well forms such as as 廿幾). Stroke count: 4
Level: 3
Radical: 廾 (#55)
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| This character was last edited on 14th Nov 2007 | |
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廿一點
jaa6 jat1 dim2 = the card game blackjack (lit "21 dots")粵
廿呀一
jaa6 aa6 jat1 = twenty-one粵
廿四小時
jaa6 sei3 siu2 si4 = 24-hours; the entire day
廿四
jaa6 sei3 = 24 (hours in the day, etc)
廿四味
jaa6 sei3 mei6 = twenty-four herbal tea
九廿幾
gau2 aa6 gei2 = more than ninety (contraction on 廿 from jaa6 to aa6)
十八廿二
sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6*2 = women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two")粵 |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 廿
聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋 粵
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There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
我斷估咋，原來佢真係廿三歲 粵
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I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 廿
Unicode code for this character: U+5EFF (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 廿
Unicode code for this character: U+5EFF (off-site link)
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