曼 (maan6 | man4) : prolonged; graceful

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曼

maan6

man4

[1] prolonged; long-drawn-out; lengthened
[2] graceful; soft and beautiful

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 曰 (#73)

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

曼

This word has been viewed 6553 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Sep 2011 15:31

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曼聯 maan6 lyun4 man4 lian2 = Manchester United

羅曼蒂克 lo4 maan6 dai3 hak1 luo4 man4 di4 ke4 = romantic

羅曼諦克 lo4 maan6 dai3 hak1 luo4 man4 di4 ke4 = romantic

伊曼 ji1 maan6 yi1 man4 = imam (religious leader in Islam)

蛾眉曼睩 ngo4 mei4 maan6 luk6 e2 mei2 man4 lu4 = pretty crescent eyebrows (on women) and rolling eyes

阿曼 o1 maan6 a1 man4 = Oman

土庫曼斯坦 tou2 fu3 maan6 si1 taan2 tu3 ku4 man4 si1 tan3 = Turkmenistan

曼谷 maan6 guk1 man4 gu3 = Bangkok

曼徹斯特 maan6 cit3 si1 dak6 man4 che4 si1 te4 = Manchester

曼秀雷敦 maan6 sau3 leoi4 deon1 = Mentholatum
See all 29 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 曼
Unicode code for this character: U+66fc (off-site link)

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