浦 (pou2 pou4 | pu3) : riverside

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浦

pou2 pou4

pu3

[1] riverside; river mouth; river bank
[2] part of placename

Jyutping pou2 is standard pronunciation; pou4 is variant.

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

浦

This word has been viewed 4426 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Sep 2010 04:20

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塞浦路斯 coi3 pou2 lou6 si1 sai4 pu3 lu4 si1 = Cyprus

浦東 pou2 dung1 pu3 dong1 = Pudong (district in Shanghai)

利物浦 lei6 mat6 pou2 li4 wu4 pu3 = Liverpool

惠而浦 wai6 ji4 pou2 hui4 er2 pu3 = Whirlpool (brand name)

飛利浦 fei1 lei6 pou2 fei1 li4 pu3 = Philips (brand name)

江浦 gong1 pou2 jiang1 pu3 = Jiangpu (place in Jiangsu)

合浦 hap6 pou2 he2 pu3 = Hepu (place in Guangxi)

荔浦 lai6 pou2 li4 pu3 = Lipu (place in Guangxi)

上海浦東機場 soeng6 hoi2 pou2 dung1 gei1 coeng4 = Pudong International Airport

飛利浦公司 fei1 lei6 pou2 gung1 si1 fei1 li4 pu3 gong1 si1 = Philips
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Decimal representation of this word: 浦
Unicode code for this character: U+6d66 (off-site link)

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