央 (joeng1 | yang1) : centre; entreat; beg; end; finish

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央

joeng1

yang1

[1] [n] centre; central; middle
[2] [v] entreat; beg; plead
[3] [v] end; finish; conclude

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 大 (#37)

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

央

This word has been viewed 9172 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Nov 2014 00:23

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中央 zung1 joeng1 zhong1 yang1 = central

中央商務區 zung1 joeng1 soeng1 mou6 keoi1 zhong1 yang1 shang1 wu4 qu1 = Central Business District, CBD

央行 joeng1 hong4*2 = short for 中央銀行

中央社 zung1 joeng1 se5 = Central News Agency

中央市場 zung1 joeng1 si5 coeng4 = Central Market

中央銀行 zung1 joeng1 ngan4 hong4 zhong1 yang1 yin2 hang2 = central bank

中央政府 zung1 joeng1 zing3 fu2 zhong1 yang1 zheng4 fu3 = [n] central government

震央 zan3 joeng1 = epicenter

未央 mei6 joeng1 wei4 yang1 = (literary) not ended; not yet over; close to the end

中央暖氣 zung1 joeng1 nyun5 hei3 zhong1 yang1 nuan3 qi4 = [n] a central heating system
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Decimal representation of this word: 央
Unicode code for this character: U+592e (off-site link)

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