戙 (dung6 | dong4) : erect; set upright

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戙

dung6

dong4

[1] erect; set upright; lift up
[2] [measure] block (of tiles, bricks, etc)
[3] [slang] set sb up; frame sb

Not the same as 棟:

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 戈 (#62)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

戙

This word has been viewed 3685 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Feb 2015 14:41

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戙企 dung6 kei5 = upright; stands erect 粵

一戙都冇 jat1 dung6 dou1 mou5 = completely defeated; no pile of money left (in gambling) 粵

高戙戙 gou1 dung6 dung6 = very tall (of structures like buildings) 粵

戙高 dung6 gou1 = being propped up straight; brought to stand up (instead of lying flat all on the ground) 粵

戙企水魚 dung6 kei5 seoi2 jyu4*2 dong4 qi3 [PRC] qi4 [TW] shui3 yu2 = short and chubby; pudgy 粵

戙篤企 dung6 duk1 kei5 dong4 du3 qi3 [PRC] / qi4 [TW] = stand straight and stiff; stand perfectly upright 粵

打戙 daa2 dung6 = set vertically 粵

毛管戙 mou4 gun2 dung6 mao2 guan3 dong4 = goosebumps; give one the creeps 粵

Showing 1 example containing 戙

戙個砧板喺度！粵
Stand the chopping board up here!
[You need to physically point at a space to indicate where 喺度 is.]

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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: 戙
Unicode code for this character: U+6219 (off-site link)

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