埠 (fau6 bou6 | bu4) : port; pier

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埠

fau6 bou6

bu4

jyutping: fau6 pinyin: bu4
port; harbour; city; town

jyutping: bou6 pinyin: bu4
pier; wharf

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

埠

This word has been viewed 7897 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Jan 2010 01:22

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叻埠 lik1 fau6 = Singapore

到埠 dou3 bou6 = to make harbour; to make port; to arrive 粵

外埠 ngoi6 fau6 wai4 bu4 = towns or cities other than where one is

華埠 waa4 fau6 hua2 bu4 = Chinatown 粵

埠頭 bou6 tau4 bu4 tou2 = wharf

遊埠 jau4 fau6 = to take a pleasure trip abroad

大埠 daai6 fau6 = Chinatown in San Francisco

過埠 gwo3 fau6 = to go abroad

過埠新娘 gwo3 fau6 san1 noeng4*2/4 = a mail-order bride; women who seek marriage abroad

賣埠 maai6 fau6 = refers to goods (often videos) sold abroad 粵
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Showing all 2 examples containing 埠

我以為你去咗華埠，其實你返咗屋企。粵
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

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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: 埠
Unicode code for this character: U+57e0 (off-site link)

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