暫 (zaam6 | zan4) : temporarily

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暫

zaam6

zan4

[1] (adv) temporarily; for the time being; for the moment
[2] (adj) brief; transitory; of short duration

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

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

暫 / 暂

This word has been viewed 4683 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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暫時 zaam6 si4 zan4 shi2 = for now; for the time being

暫且 zaam6 ce2 zan4 qie3 = temporarily

短暫 dyun2 zaam6 duan3 zan4 = short duration; brief

暫停 zaam6 ting4 zan4 ting2 = suspend; pause

暫態 zaam6 taai3 zan4 tai4 = transient

暫避 zaam6 bei6 zan4 bi4 = temporarily divert or avoid

暫別 zaam6 bit6 zan4 bie2 = temporarily depart with

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因為唔知底細，所以暫時叫佢紅鬼粵
Since we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now.
[Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost. ("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)]

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Decimal representation of this word: 暫
Unicode code for this character: U+66ab (off-site link)

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