娛 (jyu4 | yu2) : amusing; amuse

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娛

jyu4

yu2

[1] amusing; joyous; happy; delightful
[2] amuse; give pleasure to; entertain

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

娛 / 娱

This word has been viewed 3757 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Feb 2010 03:21

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文娛館 man4 jyu4 gun2 wen2 yu2 guan3 = cultural complex

娛樂 jyu4 lok6 yu2 le4 = entertainment

娛樂圈 jyu4 lok6 hyun1 yu2 le4 quan1 = show business, showbiz

娛樂界 jyu4 lok6 gaai3 = show business

娛樂場所 jyu4 lok6 coeng4 so2 yu2 le4 chang3 suo3 = place of amusement

娛樂中心 jyu4 lok6 zung1 sam1 yu2 le4 zhong1 xin1 = entertainment centre

嘉禾娛樂有限公司 gaa1 wo4 jyu4 lok6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 jia1 he2 wu4 le4 you3 xian4 gong1 si1 = Golden Harvest Entertainment Co Ltd

娛記 jyu4 gei3 yu2 ji4 = entertainment reporter 粵

香港影視娛樂大使 hoeng1 gong2 jing2 si6 jyu4 lok6 daai6 si3 xiang1 gan3 ying3 shi4 yu2 le4 da4 shi3 = Hong Kong Entertainment Ambassador

文娛 man4 jyu4 wen2 yu2 = cultural recreation / entertainment
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 10 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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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: 娛
Unicode code for this character: U+5a1b (off-site link)

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