隧 (seoi6 | sui4) : tunnel; subway

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隧

seoi6

sui4

tunnel; subway; underground passage

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#170)

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

隧

This word has been viewed 7261 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Jan 2012 14:06

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隧道 seoi6 dou6 sui4 dao4 = tunnel

東隧 dung1 seoi6 dong1 sui4 = Eastern Harbour Crossing

舊隧道 gau6 seoi6 dou6 jiu4 sui4 dao4 = Old Harbour tunnel

西隧 sai1 seoi6 = Western Harbour Crossing

海底隧道 hoi2 dai2 seoi6 dou6 = a harbor crossing tunnel, a chunnel

香港仔隧道 hoeng1 gong2 zai2 seoi6 dou6 = Aberdeen Tunnel

行人隧道 hang4 jan4 seoi6 dou6 xing2 ren2 sui4 dao4 = pedestrian subway

紅隧 hung4 seoi6 hong2 sui4 = Cross-Harbour Tunnel

香港西區隧道 hoeng1 gong2 sai1 keoi1 seoi6 dou6 = Western Harbour Tunnel (西隧)

城門隧道 sing4 mun4 seoi6 dou6 = Shing Mun Tunnel
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Decimal representation of this word: 隧
Unicode code for this character: U+96a7 (off-site link)

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