膠 (gaau1 | jiao1) : glue; sticky; rubber; plastic

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膠

gaau1

jiao1

[1] [n] glue; gum; adhesive
[2] [adj] sticky; gluey; gummy
[3] [v] stick with glue; adhere
[4] [n] rubber; plastic

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

膠 / 胶

This word has been viewed 10618 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Nov 2014 14:09

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膠水 gaau1 seoi2 = glue

膠袋 gaau1 doi6*2 = plastic bag 粵

擦膠 caat3 gaau1 = rubber eraser 粵

膠片 gaau1 pin3*2 jiao1 pian4 = film

膠紙 gaau1 zi2 jiao1 zhi3 = sticky tape; Scotch tape; adhesive paper

香口膠 hoeng1 hau2 gaau1 = chewing gum 粵

膠碟 gaau1 dip2/6 jiao1 die2 = plastic plate/disc

膠桶 gaau1 tung2 jiao1 tong3 = plastic bucket; plastic pail 粵

橡膠 zoeng6 gaau1 xiang4 jiao1 = rubber

擦紙膠 caat3 zi2 gaau1 = rubber eraser 粵
See all 67 compounds (CantoDict reports 72 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 膠

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

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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: 膠
Unicode code for this character: U+81a0 (off-site link)

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