餾 (lau6 lau4 | liu2 liu4) : distil; heat up

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餾

lau6 lau4

liu2 liu4

[粵] lau6 | [國] liu2
[v/n] distil; distillation

[粵] lau6 | [國] liu4
[v] heat up in a steamer

Jyutping lau6 is standard reading; lau4 is variant. See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

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

餾 / 馏

This word has been viewed 4041 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2015 10:39

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蒸餾水 zing1 lau6 seoi2 zheng1 liu2 shui3 = n. distilled water

蒸餾法 zing1 lau6 faat3 zheng1 liu2 fa3 = distillation

蒸餾 zing1 lau6 zheng1 liu2 = v. distill, n. distillation

餾出物 lau6 ceot1 mat6 liu2 chu1 wu4 = [化] distillate

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Decimal representation of this word: 餾
Unicode code for this character: U+993e (off-site link)

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