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pong5
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[n] oyster; mussels; mother-of-pearl Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| 蚌 | |
*** This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate ***This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 |
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象拔蚌
zoeng6 bat6 pong5 = geoduck clam
彩蚌
coi2 pong5 = painted shell; painting on shell
蚌埠
pong5 bou6 = Bengbu (city in Anhui)
哲蚌寺
zit3 pong5 zi6 = Drepung (monastery near Lhasa, Tibet) |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3121/]蚌[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3121/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">蚌</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 蚌
Unicode code for this character: U+868C (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3121/]蚌[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3121/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">蚌</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 蚌
Unicode code for this character: U+868C (off-site link)
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- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.