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[1] [n] part; section; portion [2] [n] department; division; ministry [3] classifier for books, films, machines, etc [4] [n] troops; forces; army Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 11
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 陪 |
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This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Mar 2014 09:46 |
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全部
cyun4 bou6 = entire; all
部分
bou6 fan6 = section; part
部門
bou6 mun4 = department
部首
bou6 sau2 = radical (of a Chinese character)
口部
hau2 bou6 = oral area
高級幹部
gou1 kap1 gon3 bou6 = senior cadre
門市部
mun4 si5 bou6 = retail department; sales department
部份
bou6 fan6 = section; part
大部分
daai6 bou6 fan6 = a big part; mostly
司令部
si1 ling6 bou6 = military headquarters; military upper commandSee all 128 compounds (CantoDict reports 135 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 14 examples containing 部
嗰部手提電話壞咗 粵
That mobile phone is broken. [As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]
頭先總部𠹭我，所以遲咗 粵
Headquarters called me just now which is why I'm late. [Lit. Just now headquarters call me, therefore late-already]
呢部機器好容易操作。 粵
It's easy to operate this machine. [Whilst the English version needs a dummy subject "it", the Chinese version needs no subject with "this machine" functioning as a topic of the sentence.]
不過大部分都只係冇用嘅情報 粵
Most of the reports are useless though. [Lit. however most also simply are no use [possessive particle] piece-of-intelligence]
喪事最重要部份叫喪禮 粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral. [Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral] |
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Decimal representation of this word: 部
Unicode code for this character: U+90e8 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 部
Unicode code for this character: U+90e8 (off-site link)
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