鉛 (jyun4 | qian1 yan2) : lead (metal)

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鉛

jyun4

qian1 yan2

[粵] jyun4 [國] qian1
[metal] lead (Pb)

[粵] jyun4 [國] yan2
used only for county name 鉛山, Jiangxi province

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

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

鉛 / 铅

This word has been viewed 8878 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Mar 2014 14:49

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鉛筆 jyun4 bat1 qian1 bi3 = pencil

鉛芯 jyun4 sam1 qian1 xin1 = lead (metal)

鉛芯筆 jyun4 sam1 bat1 = propelling pencil; mechanical pencil

鉛球 jyun4 kau4 qian1 qiu2 = shot put

鉛筆刨 jyun4 bat1 paau4*2 qian1 bi3 pao2 = pencil sharpener

無鉛汽油 mou4 jyun4 hei3 jau4 = unleaded gasoline

鉛筆芯 jyun4 bat1 sam1 qian1 bi3 xin1 = pencil lead

鉛筆心 jyun4 bat1 sam1 qian1 bi3 xin1 = pencil lead

彩色鉛筆 coi2 sik1 jyun4 bat1 = coloured pencils

鉛板 jyun4 baan2 = a cliche (lit., "a lead plate" as in a stereotype plate)
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 15 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 鉛

我有兩支鉛筆
I have two pencils

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Decimal representation of this word: 鉛
Unicode code for this character: U+925b (off-site link)

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