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lo4
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[1] [n] spiral shell; conch [2] [n] spiral [3] an alias for wine cups Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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*** 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 15th Nov 2008 |
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螺絲鑽
lo4 si1 zyun3 = auger
螺絲釘
lo4 si1 deng1 = screw
螺帽
lo4 mou6*2 = screw cap
田螺
tin4 lo4*2 = Viviparidae, pond snail; escargot
螺栓
lo4 saan1 = bolt
螺絲
lo4 si1 = screw
響螺
hoeng2 lo4 = Hemifusus ternatanus (mollusk used in Chinese medicine)
螺絲批
lo4 si1 pai1 = screwdriver 粵
螺絲刀
lo4 si1 dou1 = screwdriver
螺髻
lo4*2 gai3*2 = spiral-shaped coil in woman's hairdoSee all 20 compounds |
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Legend 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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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3160/]螺[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3160/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">螺</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 螺
Unicode code for this character: U+87BA (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3160/]螺[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3160/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">螺</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 螺
Unicode code for this character: U+87BA (off-site link)
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- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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