錶 (biu1 | biao3) : a watch; meter

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錶

biu1

biao3

[1] a watch; wristwatch
[2] meter; gauge

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

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

錶 / 表

This word has been viewed 7905 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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手錶 sau2 biu1 shou3 biao3 = wristwatch

儀錶 ji4 biu1 = meter; gauge

鐘錶 zung1 biu1 zhong1 biao3 = clocks and watches

錶面 biu1 min6*2 = a dial plate; a dial

袋錶 doi6 biu1 dai4 biao3 = pocket watch 粵

泊車錶 paak3 ce1 biu1 bo2 che1 biao3 = a parking meter

入泊車錶 jap6 paak3 ce1 biu1 = to insert coins into a parking meter

懷錶 waai4 biu1 huai2 biao3 = pocket watch

秒錶 miu5 biu2/1 miao3 biao3 = stopwatch

錶面玻璃 biu2 /biu1 min6 bo1 lei4*1 biao3 mian4 bo1 li2 = watch glass
See all 19 compounds (CantoDict reports 21 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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 錶
Unicode code for this character: U+9336 (off-site link)

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