翅 (ci3 | chi4) : wing; fin

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翅

ci3

chi4

[1] (bird's) wing; wing-like thing
[2] (fish) fin

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 羽 (#124)

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

翅

This word has been viewed 5126 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Dec 2009 10:03

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魚翅 jyu4 ci3 yu2 chi4 = shark's fin (soup)

翅膀 ci3 pong4 chi4 bang3 = wing 國

魚翅餃 jyu4 ci3 gaau2 yu2 chi4 jiao3 = shark fin dumpling

插翅難飛 caap3 ci3 naan4 fei1 cha1 chi4 nan2 fei1 = to be unable to escape even if given wings 國

魚翅瓜 jyu4 ci3 gwaa1 = shark fin melon

魚翅撈飯 jyu4 ci3 lou1 faan6 = great meal 粵

雞翅 gai1 ci3 ji1 chi4 = shark fin soup with shredded chicken (short for 雞絲魚翅)

金翅 gam1 ci3 jin1 chi4 = oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)

雞絲魚翅 gai1 si1 jyu4 ci3 = shark fin soup with shredded chicken (also 雞翅)

翅展 ci3 zin2 chi4 zhan3 = wingspan
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Showing 1 example containing 翅

喐吓就燕窩魚翅，實情有水粵
For no good reason he'll have bird's nest and shark's fin as a meal; he must really be rich.

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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: 翅
Unicode code for this character: U+7fc5 (off-site link)

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