動物園 (dung6 mat6 jyun4 | dong4 wu4 yuan2) : zoo

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動物園

dung6 mat6 jyun4

dong4 wu4 yuan2

zoo; zoological garden

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,120,000

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

動物園 / 动物园

This word has been viewed 4188 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 29th Aug 2013 14:32

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Characters in this word:

動 dung6 - move, stir; change, alter
物 mat6 - thing; substance; stuff
園 jyun4 jyun4*2 - garden; park

1 compounds containing this word:

北京動物園 - Beijing Zoo

Showing all 4 examples containing 動物園

有隻獅子喺動物園度走咗出嚟粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.

有隻獅子喺動物園度唔見咗粵
A lion went missing from the zoo.

有隻獅子喺動物園度逃走咗粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.
[Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]

我嗰陣時親眼見到隻獅子喺動物園嗰度衝咗出嚟粵
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]

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Decimal representation of this word: 動物園

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