蕉 (ziu1 | jiao1) : banana

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蕉

ziu1

jiao1

banana; broadleaf plants

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

蕉

This word has been viewed 12830 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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香蕉 hoeng1 ziu1 xiang1 jiao1 = banana

香蕉蘋果 hoeng1 ziu1 ping4 gwo2 xiang1 jiao1 ping2 guo3 = banana-apple

大蕉 daai6 ziu1 = a plantain

香蕉水 hoeng1 ziu1 seoi2 xiang1 jiao1 shui3 = paint thinner; "banana oil"

香蕉仔 hoeng1 ziu1 zai2 = overseas born Chinese youngsters 粵

香蕉船 hoeng1 ziu1 syun4 xiang1 jiao1 chuan2 = a banana split (lit., "banana boat")

公蕉 gung1 ziu1 = banana 粵

香蕉共和國 hoeng1 ziu1 gung6 wo4 gwok3 xiang1 jiao1 gong4 he2 guo2 = a banana republic; the brand name Banana Republic

帶兩梳蕉 daai3 loeng5 so1 ziu1 dai4 liang3 shu1 jiao1 = visit sb. empty-handed; neglect to bring a gift when visiting sb. 粵

香蕉球 hoeng1 ziu1 kau4 xiang1 jiao1 qiu2 = banana kick
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 蕉

我買咗一梳蕉粵
I bought a hand of bananas.
[Lit. I buy already one hand bananas. ['Hand' is another term for 'bunch'.]]

你唔覺得香蕉味好怪? 粵
Don't you think bananas taste weird?

食完香蕉之後，要掉咗塊蕉皮粵
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana.
[Lit. eat-finish banana afterwards, need throw-[particle used in imperatives] [counter] banana-skin. Classifier 塊 is optional if the object (蕉皮) consists of two characters. But 塊 would be mandatory if followed by single character 皮. ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 蕉
Unicode code for this character: U+8549 (off-site link)

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