敦 (deon1 deoi3 | dun1 dui4) : honest; promote; grain container

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敦

deon1 deoi3

dun1 dui4

[粵] deon1 | [國] dun1
[1] [adj] honest; candid; sincere
[2] [v] promote; deepen; strengthen

[粵] deoi3 | [國] dui4
[n] [archaic] grain container/receptacle

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 攴 (#66)

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

敦

This word has been viewed 6032 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Nov 2011 08:36

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倫敦 leon4 deon1 lun2 dun1 = London

彌敦道 nei4 deon1 dou6 mi2 dun1 dao4 = Nathan Road, Hong Kong

佐敦 zo2 deon1 = Jordan (MTR station)

敦促 deon1 cuk1 dun1 cu4 = to press, to cordially urge, to hasten 國

敦款 deon1 fun2 = to exceed one's powers or to pose as a powerful person

弗里敦 fat1 lei5 deon1 fu2 li3 dun1 = Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)

敦厚 deon1 hau5 dun1 hou4 = honest and sincere; good-natured

敦請 deon1 cing2 dun1 qing3 = extend a cordial invitation to; cordially invite; earnestly request

列支敦士登 lit6 zi1 deon1 si6 dang1 lie4 zhi1 dun1 shi4 deng1 = Liechtenstein

曼秀雷敦 maan6 sau3 leoi4 deon1 = Mentholatum
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Showing 1 example containing 敦

佢啱啱由倫敦過嚟粵
He's just come from London.
[Lit. he just-now from London over come.]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 敦
Unicode code for this character: U+6566 (off-site link)

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