香蕉 (hoeng1 ziu1 | xiang1 jiao1) : banana

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

香蕉

hoeng1 ziu1

xiang1 jiao1

banana

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,320,000

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

香蕉

This word has been viewed 10626 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 16th Jul 2004 19:23 and last edited on 15th Nov 2008 18:51

Output this word as a high resolution image

Characters in this word:

香 hoeng1 - fragrant; aromatic
蕉 ziu1 - banana

6 compounds containing this word:

香蕉蘋果 - banana-apple
香蕉水 - paint thinner; "banana oil"
香蕉仔 - overseas born Chinese youngsters
香蕉船 - a banana split (lit., "banana boat")
香蕉共和國 - a banana republic; the brand name Banana Republic
香蕉球 - banana kick

Showing all 2 examples containing 香蕉

你唔覺得香蕉味好怪? 粵
Don't you think bananas taste weird?

食完香蕉之後，要掉咗塊蕉皮粵
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana.
[Lit. eat-finish banana afterwards, need throw-[particle used in imperatives] [counter] banana-skin. Classifier 塊 is optional if the object (蕉皮) consists of two characters. But 塊 would be mandatory if followed by single character 皮. ]

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1839/]香蕉[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1839/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">香蕉</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 香蕉

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping. Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).
the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum