鴨 (aap3 | ya1) : duck; gigolo

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鴨

aap3

ya1

[1] duck
[2] [粵] gigolo

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#196)

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

鴨 / 鸭

This word has been viewed 22281 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Dec 2012 13:57

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鹹鴨蛋 haam4 aap3 daan6*2 = salted duck egg

燒鴨 siu1 aap3 shao1 ya1 = roast duck 粵

烤鴨 haau1 aap3 kao3 ya1 = roast duck

雞手鴨腳 gai1 sau2 aap3 goek3 = all fingers and thumbs 粵

雞同鴨講 gai1 tung4 aap3 gong2 = talking at cross purposes 粵

鴨子 aap3 zi2 ya1 zi5 = duck 國

水鴨 seoi2 aap3*2 shui3 ya1 = a wild duck 粵

北京鴨 bak1 ging1 aap3*2 = Peking duck; roast duck

填鴨 tin4 aap3*2 = roast duck; Peking duck

鴨蛋 aap3 daan6*2 = duck egg
See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 鴨

鴨子在池塘裡游來游去國
The ducks on the pond are swimming to and fro.
[The meaning of 游來游去 is discussed [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,74996,77053#msg-77053]here.[/url] ]

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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: 鴨
Unicode code for this character: U+9d28 (off-site link)

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