殿 (din6 | dian4) : palace; rear

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殿

din6

dian4

[1] [n] palace; hall; temple
[2] [v] bring up the rear

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 殳 (#79)

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

殿

This word has been viewed 3504 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Jan 2011 01:19

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殿堂 din6 tong4 dian4 tang2 = palace; hall; temple buildings

殿軍 din6 gwan1 dian4 jun1 = fourth place

宮殿 gung1 din6 = palace

殿下 din6 haa6 dian4 xia4 = His Royal Highness

無事不登三寶殿 mou4 si6 bat1 dang1 saam1 bou2 din6 wu2 shi4 bu4 deng1 san1 bao3 dian4 = visiting with a need of getting assistance or help

殿後 din6 hau6 dian4 hou4 = bring up the rear

沈殿霞 sam2 din6 haa4 shen3 dian4 xia2 = Lydia Shum

大雄寶殿 daai6 hung4 bou2 din6 da4 xiong2 bao3 dian4 = grand hall in a Buddhist temple

Showing 1 example containing 殿

我係無事不登三寶殿
I wouldn't come to you if I hadn't something to ask of you.

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Decimal representation of this word: 殿
Unicode code for this character: U+6bbf (off-site link)

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