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大腸
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[n] large intestine (ie. of the gastrointestinal tract) When this term is part of a another (larger) term having 大腸 at the end, the 腸 continues to take a tone change. But if the embedding of 大腸 is not at the end, the 腸 usually reverts to citation tone #4, (though there are common exceptions).
Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1994 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 4th Apr 2006 15:42 and last edited on 4th Jan 2010 03:27 |
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Characters in this word:大 daai6 - big腸 coeng4 - intestines; bowels 4 compounds containing this word:大腸炎 - colitis大腸菌 - coliform (bacteria) 大腸桿菌 - coliform bacillius 大腸鏡檢查 - colonoscopy |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).