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  cyu5 cou5   jyutping
  chu3   pinyin
[1] save; store up; keep in reserve
[2] heir to the throne; crown prince


The Jyutping 'cyu5' is the literary pronunciation while 'cou5' is the colloquial. 'cou5' is used only for the first meaning.

See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] for a discussion of versus .
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 18
Level: 3
Radical: (#9)

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

This word has been viewed 10292 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Oct 2014 23:16

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detail  cyu5 gwan1  chu3 jun1 = heir apparent to a throne
detail  cou5 ding6 cin2   = save money beforehand
detail  cyu5 cuk1 wu6 hau2  chu3 xu4 hu4 kou3 = savings account
detail  cyu5 cuk1  chu3 xu4 = savings; deposits; (financial) accounts; to save; to deposit; to accumulate
detail  cyu5 cyun4  chu3 cun2 = to store; to stock; to stockpile; to hoard; to save (computer lang.)
detail  cyu5 bei6  chu3 bei4 = to store for future use; to build up reserves; [n] reserves; store
detail  cyu5 zik6 ce1 piu3   = stored value ticket
detail  cyun4 cyu5 hei3   = memory
detail  cou5 cin4*2  chu3 qian2 = save money [粵]
detail  cyu5 bei6 gei1 gam1  chu3 bei4 ji1 jin1 = a reserve fund
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 儲
detail audio 唔要八達通積分?
Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)
[儲 should be pronounced cou5 here]

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