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  man4 man4*2 man1 man6   jyutping
  wen2   pinyin
-- jp:man4
[1] [n] composition; article; writing [2] language [3] literature; culture; education [4] elegant; cultured; polished; suave; civil; polite; urbane; mild [5] civilian; civil [6] certain natural phenomena [7] Chinese character with one component, cf. [8] (surname)

-- jp:man1
[8] classifier for coinage; unit of currency

-- jp:man6(formal)/man4
[9] cover up; paint over; gloss over

Additional PoS: nounverb
Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: (#67)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Feb 2010 07:10

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detail  zung1 man4*2/4  zhong1 wen2 = Chinese language
detail  jing1 man4*2/4  ying1 wen2 = English language
detail  jat1 man1   = one dollar; one yuan
detail  man4 faa3  wen2 hua4 = civilization; culture; education; schooling; literacy
detail  zok3 man4*2  zuo4 wen2 = to write (essay, article, etc.)
detail  man4 jin4  wen2 yan2 = Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese
detail  saam1 man4 jyu4*2  san1 wen2 yu2 = salmon
detail  man4 faat3  wen2 fa3 = grammar
detail  man4 zi6  wen2 zi4 = writing; script
detail  man4 ming4  wen2 ming2 = civilized; civilization; (placename) Mun Ming
See all 283 compounds (CantoDict reports 318 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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detail audio 中文老師好好
My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.
detail audio 中文字
I write Chinese characters very slowly.
detail audio 唔該暢散一百
Would you give me change for the hundred-dollar note?
detail 漢字歷史上古老文字之一大概四千
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
detail 我們參照必要修改
We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.
detail 一個啱啱
This article is about a recently deceased person.
[(Wikipedia)]
detail 幾百真係及時雨
This few hundred dollars is really great help at the right time.
detail 二百已經綽綽有餘
Two hundred dollars is more than enough
detail 文章點頭如搗蒜
I'm sure that this article will resonate with you thoroughly.
detail 考古學研究人類文化歷史學科
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history
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