澳 (ou3 juk1 | ao4 yu4 ) : inlet; bay

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澳

ou3 juk1

ao4 yu4

(jyutping) ou3, (pinyin) ao4
[1] inlet of the sea; bay
[2] placename

(jyutping) juk1, (pinyin) yu4
land near water

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

澳

This word has been viewed 7288 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Jun 2010 14:49

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澳門 ou3 mun4*2 ao4 men2 = Macao; Macau

澳洲 ou3 zau1 ao4 zhou1 = Australia

澳大利亞 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 ao4 da4 li4 ya3 (Taiwan), ao4 da4 li4 ya4 (PRC) = Australia (also 澳洲)

澳門特區 ou3 mun4*2 dak6 keoi1 ao4 men2 te4 qu1 = Macao Special Administrative Region

港澳 gong2 ou3 gang3 ao4 = Hong Kong and Macao

澳大利亞人 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 jan4 ao4 da4 li4 ya3/4 (Taiwan) ren2 = Australian (person)

澳大利亞的 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 dik1 ao4 da4 li4 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) de5 = [adj] Australian 國

澳洲之山賊 ou3 zau1 zi1 saan1 caak6 ao4 zhou1 zhi1 shan1 zei2 = a bushranger

澳洲龍蝦 ou3 zau1 lung4 haa1 = Australia Lobster

澳門人 ou3 mun4*2 jan4 = a person from Macao
See all 40 compounds (CantoDict reports 45 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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.
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Unicode code for this character: U+6fb3 (off-site link)

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