局 (guk6 guk6*2 | ju2) : bureau; office

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局

guk6 guk6*2

ju2

[1] [n] bureau; office [2] situation; state of affairs; circumstance [3] proving [4] [n] game

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 尸 (#44)

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

局

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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書局 syu1 guk6*2 = bookstore; bookshop

郵局 jau4 guk6*2 you2 ju2 = post office

佈局 bou3 guk6 bu4 ju2 = arrangement

局勢 guk6 sai3 ju2 shi4 = situation; state of affairs

局部 guk6 bou6 ju2 bu4 = part

局長 guk6 zoeng2 ju2 zhang3 = bureau chief

局限 guk6 haan6 ju2 xian4 = to limit the movement of sb. or something; to confine; to restrict

局面 guk6 min6 ju2 mian4 = situation; aspect; phase

結局 git3 guk6 jie2 ju2 = ending; conclusion

全局 cyun4 guk6 quan2 ju2 = overall situation
See all 100 compounds (CantoDict reports 103 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 局

呢頭有冇郵局呀？粵
Is there a post office in the area?
[Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]

請問，郵局喺邊度？
May I ask you where the post office is?
[Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]

我去郵局白行咗一趟。粵
I made a futile trip to the post office.

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Decimal representation of this word: 局
Unicode code for this character: U+5c40 (off-site link)

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