廈 (haa6 | sha4 xia4) : tall building; mansion

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廈

haa6

sha4 xia4

[粵] haa6 [國] sha4
tall building; mansion

[粵] haa6 [國] xia4
used in name of Amoy (廈門) city

厦 is used both as simplified and variant forms.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 广 (#53)

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

廈 / 厦

This word has been viewed 6409 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Mar 2014 02:05

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大廈 daai6 haa6 (PRC) da4 sha4 (TW) da4 xia4 = large building; skyscraper; mansion; plaza

世貿大廈 sai3 mau6 daai6 haa6 shi4 mao4 da4 sha4 = World Trade Center

國會大廈 gwok3 wui6*2 daai6 haa6 guo2 hui4 da4 sha4 = capitol

五角大廈 ng5 gok3 daai6 haa6 = the Pentagon

商業大廈 soeng1 jip6 daai6 haa6 shang1 ye4 da4 sha4 (PRC) xia4 (Taiwan) = commercial building

市政大廈 si5 zing3 daai6 haa6 = municipal services building 粵

廈語 haa6 jyu5 xia4 yu3 = Amoyese (language)

廈門 haa6 mun4 xia4 men2 = Xiamen

重慶大廈 cung4 hing5 daai6 haa6 = Chungking Mansions

永安大廈 wing6 on1 daai6 haa6 = Wing On Building
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 20 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 廈

我就快搬去棟新大廈
I will move to a new building soon.

呢棟大廈有自來水粵
This building has "self-arrived" ("running") water.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 廈
Unicode code for this character: U+5ec8 (off-site link)

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