桂 (gwai3 | gui4) : cassia; cinnamon; Guangxi

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桂

gwai3

gui4

[1] cassia or cinnamon [2] a short name of Kwangsi province [3] (surname)

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

桂

This word has been viewed 8788 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Dec 2009 18:08

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桂圓 gwai3 jyun4 gui4 yuan2 = longan 國

肉桂 juk6 gwai3 rou4 gui4 = cinnamon; cassia

肉桂卷 juk6 gwai3 gyun2 rou4 gui4 juan3 = cinnamon roll

桂冠 gwai3 gun1 gui4 guan1 = laurels

月桂 jyut6 gwai3 yue4 gui4 = bay laurel

桂林相思 gwai3 lam4 soeng1 si1 = red-billed leiothrix; Pekin robin

桂皮 gwai3 pei4 = cinnamon; Cassia bark

桂花 gwai3 faa1 = sweet osmunthus blossom

蘭桂坊 laan4 gwai3 fong1 lan2 gui4 fang1 = Lan Kwai Fong (Area/Street), Central, Hong Kong

桂圓肉 gwai3 jyun4*2 juk6 = dried longan pulp
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Showing 1 example containing 桂

王先生要經廣州前往桂林。
Mr Wong wants to go to Guilin via Guangzhou.

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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: 桂
Unicode code for this character: U+6842 (off-site link)

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