梁 (loeng4 | liang2) : Chinese surname; Liang dynasty

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梁

loeng4

liang2

[1] a Chinese surname
[2] Liang dynasty (AD 502-557) in southern China
[3] Liang state (also known as Wei till 361 BC)
[4] variant and simplified form of 樑

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

梁

This word has been viewed 12205 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Nov 2010 14:21

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高梁 gou1 loeng4 gao1 liang2 = sorghum

脊梁 zek3 loeng4 ji3 liang5 = backbone; spine

橋梁 kiu4 loeng4 qiao2 liang2 = bridge (formal usage)

鼻梁 bei6 loeng4 bi2 liang2 = bridge of the nose

高梁酒 gou1 loeng4 zau2 = Gaoliang spirit

橫梁 waang4 loeng4 heng2 liang2 = crossbeam

板梁橋 baan2 loeng4 kiu4 ban3 liang2 qiao2 = plate girder bridge

大梁 daai6 loeng4 = a girder

繞梁三日 jiu5 loeng4 saam1 jat6 rao4 liang2 san1 ri4 = sonorous and resounding

慘過梁天來 caam2 gwo3 loeng4 tin1 loi4 can3 guo4 liang2 tian1 lai2 = very tragic; even more tragic than Leung Tin Loi 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: 梁
Unicode code for this character: U+6881 (off-site link)

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