英 (jing1 | ying1 yang1 ying4) : petal; British

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英

jing1

ying1 yang1 ying4

[1] brave [2] [n] petal; flower; leaf [3] surpassing; outstanding; prominent; distinguished [4] English; British [5] fine; handsome [6] [n] hero; outstanding person [7] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

英

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:41

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英文 jing1 man4*2/4 ying1 wen2 = English language

英國 jing1 gwok3 ying1 guo2 = England / the UK

英國人 jing1 gwok3 jan4 ying1 guo2 ren2 = British person/people

英雄 jing1 hung4 ying1 xiong2 = hero

英皇道 jing1 wong4 dou6 = King's Road

英美 jing1 mei5 ying1 mei3 = England and America, English and American, Anglo-American

英法 jing1 faat3 ying1 fa3 = Anglo-French

英格蘭 jing1 gaak3 laan4 ying1 ge2 lan2 = England

海洛英 hoi2 lok6 jing1 hai3 luo4 ying1 = heroin

英鎊 jing1 bong6*2 ying1 bang4 = pound sterling
See all 119 compounds (CantoDict reports 121 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 英

有一年,我英文科考滿分。
There was one year, I got full score on the English examination.

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Decimal representation of this word: 英
Unicode code for this character: U+82f1 (off-site link)

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