銅 (tung4 | tong2) : copper; brass; bronze

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銅

tung4

tong2

copper; brass; bronze

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

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

銅 / 铜

This word has been viewed 8083 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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銅牌 tung4 paai4 = bronze medal

銅鑼灣 tung4 lo4 waan1/*4 tong2 luo2 wan1 = Causeway Bay (MTR station in Hong Kong)

古銅色 gu2 tung4 sik1 = bronze-colored

青銅器 cing1 tung4 hei3 = bronze ware

爛銅爛鐵 laan6 tung4 laan6 tit3 = metal scrap

熟銅 suk6 tung4 = wrought brass or copper

常規銅電話線 soeng4 kwai1 tung4 din6 waa6*2 sin3 chang2 gui1 tong2 dian4 hua4 xian4 = an ordinary copper telephone line

破銅爛鐵 po3 tung4 laan6 tit3 = metal scrap

氧化銅 joeng5 faa3 tung4 yang3 hua4 tong2 = [化] copper chloride

白銅 baak6 tung4 bai2 tong2 = coper-nickel alloy

使銅銀夾大聲 sai2 tung4 ngan4*2 gaap3 daai6 seng1 = unrepentant; mask guilt with belligerent attitude 粵

銅鑼灣避風塘 tung4 lo4 waan1/*4 bei6 fung1 tong4 = Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter in Hong Kong

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搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

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Decimal representation of this word: 銅
Unicode code for this character: U+9285 (off-site link)

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