墊 (zin3 din3 din6 zin2 | dian4) : pad; cushion; advance money

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墊

zin3 din3 din6 zin2

dian4

[zin3/din3] - [v/n] cushion, pad; level up

[din6] [v] advance money for others

[zin2] [n] (air) cushion

Jyutping din3 is literary reading; zin3 is the more common colloquial version.

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

墊 / 垫

Don't confuse with:
塾

This word has been viewed 7880 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Dec 2013 10:25

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椅墊 ji2 zin3 yi3 dian4 = chair cushion

床墊 cong4 zin3 chuang2 dian4 = mattress

墊底 zin3 dai2 = put at the bottom 粵

墊褥 zin3 juk6*2 = cushion

茶杯墊 caa4 bui1 zin3 = a drink coaster

杯墊 bui1 zin3 = a drink coaster

坐墊 zo6 zin3 = seat pad; cushion

墊子 zin3 zi2 = cushion; pad; mat 國

氣墊船 hei3 zin3*2 syun4 qi4 dian4 syun4 = hovercraft

墊脚石 din3 goek3 sek6 dian4 jiao3 shi2 = stepping stones 國
See all 20 compounds (CantoDict reports 21 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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: 墊
Unicode code for this character: U+588a (off-site link)

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