卿 (hing1 | qing1) : minister; senior official

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卿

hing1

qing1

[1] minister; senior official
[2] you (a form of address in ancient times)
[3] my dear (a term of endearment used between husband and wife)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 卩 (#26)

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

卿

This word has been viewed 3899 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Aug 2011 01:20

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國務卿 gwok3 mou6 hing1 guo2 wu4 qing1 = Secretary of State

卿卿我我 hing1 hing1 ngo5 ngo5 qing1 qing1 wo3 wo3 = very much in love, romantic

國務次卿 gwok3 mou6 ci3 hing1 guo2 wu4 ci4 qing1 = Under Secretary of State

葉玉卿 jip6 juk6 hing1 ye4 yu4 qing1 = Veronica Yip

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Decimal representation of this word: 卿
Unicode code for this character: U+537f (off-site link)

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