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  keoi1 au1   jyutping
  qu1 ou1   pinyin
[keoi1 & qu1][1] [v] distinguish; discriminate [2] area; district; region; zone [3] few; little

[au1 & ou1] Chinese surname

Stroke count: 11
Level: 3
Radical: (#23)

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

This word has been viewed 16466 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  saan1 keoi1  shan1 qu1 = mountainous area; hilly region
detail  si5 keoi1  shi4 qu1 = urban district; a municipal district; the downtown area.
detail  zung1 joeng1 soeng1 mou6 keoi1  zhong1 yang1 shang1 wu4 qu1 = Central Business District, CBD
detail  dei6 keoi1  di4 qu1 = [1] area; region; district; zone; [2] prefecture
detail  hoeng1 gong2 dak6 keoi1  xiang1 gang3 te4 qu1 = Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
detail  ou3 mun4*2 dak6 keoi1  ao4 men2 te4 qu1 = Macao Special Administrative Region
detail  waa4 sing6 deon6 dak6 keoi1  hua2 sheng4 dun4 te4 qu1 = Washington D.C.
detail  zi6 zi6 keoi1  zi4 zhi4 qu1 = (PRC) autonomous region
detail  gam3 keoi1  jin4 qu1 = prohibited zone; penalty area
detail  gaau1 keoi1  jiao1 qu1 = suburban district; suburbs; outskirts
See all 283 compounds (CantoDict reports 298 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 區
detail audio 東區
I've been living in the East End
detail audio 禁區有落
(Please) let me off before the no standing zone.
[said to minibus drivers]
detail 房子暢銷
The houses in the area is most sellable.
detail 大批物資災區
A great amount of goods have been transported to the disaster area.
[Passive voice can often be expressed without using the passive marker 被 or other similar prepositions, esp for written expressions. ]
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