邑 (jap1 | yi4) : town; county; state ; ancient district

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邑

jap1

yi4

[1] [n] town [2] a political district in ancient China [3] [n] county [4] [n] state [5] [n] capital city [6] same as $ [7] Kangxi radical 163

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: (#163)

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

邑

This word has been viewed 7257 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Sep 2013 16:50

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三邑 saam1 jap1 san1 yi4 = Sanyi: three regions Nanhai 南海, Panyu 番禺 and Shunde 順德

干邑酒 gon1 jap1 zau2 = cognac

干邑 gon1 jap1 = cognac

采邑 coi3 jap1 cai4 yi4 = fief

依邑 ji1 jap1 = amorous behavior ("making out") 粵

三邑方言 saam1 jap1 fong1 jin4 san1 yi4 fang1 yan2 = Sanyi division of Yue dialects (From three regions 南海, 番禺 and 順德)

四邑方言 sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4 si4 yi4 fang1 yan2 = Siyi division of Yue dialects

四邑 sei3 jap1 si4 yi4 = Siyi (Cantonese variant spoken in Kaiping and Doumen counties in Guangdong)

昌邑 coeng1 jap1 chang1 yi4 = Changyi (city in Shandong)

大邑 daai6 jap1 da4 yi4 = Dayi (place in Sichuan)
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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: 邑
Unicode code for this character: U+9091 (off-site link)

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