廉 (lim4 | lian2) : honest and clean; integrity; cheap

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廉

lim4

lian2

[1] [adj] honest and clean; upright; incorruptible
[2] [n] integrity; uprightness; honesty
[3] [adj] cheap; low-priced; inexpensive

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 广 (#53)

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

廉

This word has been viewed 6380 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th May 2016 05:13

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忌廉 gei6 lim4*1 = cream

清廉 cing1 lim4 qing1 lian2 = honest, uncorrupted

廉價 lim4 gaa3 lian2 jia4 = low-priced; cheap

廉價市場 lim4 gaa3 si5 coeng4 lian2 jia4 shi4 chang3 = flea market

廉政 lim4 zing3 lian2 zheng4 = honest and clean government

低廉 dai1 lim4 di1 lian2 = cheap; inexpensive; low

倡廉 coeng3 lim4 = combat against corruption

廉潔 lim4 git3 lian2 jie2 = [adj] honest; not coercive

快速廉價的製作方式 faai3 cuk1 lim4 gaa3 dik1 zai3 zok3 fong1 sik1 kuai4 su4 lian2 jia4 de5 zhi4 zuo4 fang1 shi4 = quick and cheap production 國

忌廉梳打 gei6 lim4*1 so1 daa2 = cream soda 粵
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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: 廉
Unicode code for this character: U+5ec9 (off-site link)

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