墜 (zeoi6 zui6 | zhui4) : fall down; weigh down; drop; sink; fall

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墜

zeoi6 zui6

zhui4

fall down; weigh down; drop; sink; fall (of a person, a state, etc.)

Stroke count: 15

Level: 4

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

墜 / 坠

This word has been viewed 3127 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 30th Jul 2007 06:20 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:47

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吊墜 diu3 zeoi6*2 diao4 zhui4 = pendant 粵

墜毀 zeoi6 wai2 zhui4 hui3 = (plane) crash

天花亂墜 tin1 faa1 lyun6 zeoi6 tian1 hua1 luan4 zhui4 = extravagant or boastful talk

墜落 zeoi6 lok6 zhui4 luo4 = to fall; to drop

搖搖欲墜 jiu4 jiu4 juk6 zui6 yao2 yao2 yu4 zhui4 = on the verge of collapse

墜機 zeoi6 gei1 zhui4 ji1 = plane crash; air tragedy

呱呱墜地 gu1 gu1 zeoi6 dei6 gu1 gu1 zhui4 di4 = born with a cry

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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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 墜
Unicode code for this character: U+589c (off-site link)

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