鏡 (geng3 | jing4) : mirror; lens

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鏡

geng3

jing4

[1] mirror
[2] lens; glass

(Classifier(s): [粵] 塊; [國] 面)

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

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

鏡 / 镜

This word has been viewed 11093 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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眼鏡 ngaan5 geng3*2 yan3 jing4 = glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

鏡架 geng3 gaa2 jing4 jia4 = mirror frame 粵

望遠鏡 mong6 jyun5 geng3 wang4 yuan3 jing4 = telescope

鏡子 geng3 zi2 jing4 zi5 = mirror, glass 國

鏡頭 geng3 tau4 jing4 tou2 = camera lens ; a scene; a shot

顯微鏡 hin2 mei4 geng3 xian3 wei1 jing4 = microscope

西洋鏡 sai1 joeng4 geng3 xi1 yang2 jing4 = peepshow

太陽鏡 taai3 joeng4 geng3*2 = sunglasses

眼鏡蛇 ngaan5 geng3*2 se4 yan3 jing4 she2 = (Asian) cobra

隱形眼鏡 jan2 jing4 ngaan5 geng2 = contact lense(s)
See all 59 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 鏡

廁所魔鏡，世間上邊個最靚？粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all?
[Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 鏡
Unicode code for this character: U+93e1 (off-site link)

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