孢 (baau1 | bao1) : give birth to

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孢

baau1

bao1

give birth to; spore

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 4

Radical: 子 (#39)

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

孢

This word has been viewed 2015 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Aug 2010 13:34

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孢子 baau1 zi2 bao1 zi3 = spores

孢子的 baau1 zi2 dik1 bao1 zi3 de5 = [adj] cryptogamic, cryptogamous 國

孢子形成 baau1 zi2 jing4 sing4 bao1 zi3 xing2 cheng2 = [n] sporogenesis

孢子生殖 baau1 zi2 sang1 zik6 bao1 zi3 sheng1 zhi2 = [n] sporogony

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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: 孢
Unicode code for this character: U+5b62 (off-site link)

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