巨 (geoi6 | ju4) : huge; tremendous; gigantic

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巨

geoi6

ju4

huge; tremendous; gigantic; colossal; immense

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 工 (#48)

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

巨

This word has been viewed 6750 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Jan 2015 13:20

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巨型 geoi6 jing4 ju4 xing2 = massive; gigantic; huge

巨大 geoi6 daai6 ju4 da4 = huge; enormous; gigantic; immense; tremendous; mammoth

艱巨 gaan1 geoi6 jian1 ju4 = very difficult; extremely hard

巨債 geoi6 zaai3 ju4 zhai4 = huge debt

巨頭 geoi6 tau4 ju4 tou2 = tycoon, magnate

巨蟹星座 geoi6 haai5 sing1 zo6 = Cancer (zodiac)

巨集指令 geoi6 zaap6 zi2 ling6 = macro, macro command, macro program

工業的巨頭 gung1 jip6 dik1 geoi6 tau4 gong1 ye4 de5 ju4 tou2 = industry mogul 國

巨人 geoi6 jan4 ju4 ren2 = a giant

巨大壓力 geoi6 daai6 aat3 lik6 ju4 da4 ya1 li4 = enormous pressure; tremendous pressure
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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: 巨
Unicode code for this character: U+5de8 (off-site link)

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