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dung3 dung6
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[1] pillar; ridgepole; main beam supporting a house [2] [classifier] (for house) block Jyutping dung3 and dung6 are usually interchangeable. But [1] is often pronounced dung3 while [2] is mostly dung6.
Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 12
Level: 3
Radical: 木 (#75)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 4997 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Sep 2009 01:56 |
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棟篤笑
dung6 duk1 siu3 = stand up comedy; joke 粵
未來棟樑
mei6 loi4 dung3 leong4 = future supporters of society
棟樑
dung3 leong4 = pillar or column of a building
汗牛充棟
hon6 ngau4 cung1 dung3 = have huge collection of book; have a lot of books; have a big library |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 棟 Legend 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: 棟
Unicode code for this character: U+68df (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 棟
Unicode code for this character: U+68df (off-site link)
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