Chinese Word Detail

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

貝殼念珠

bui3 hok3 nim6 zyu1

bei4 qiao4 nian4 zhu1

[n] wampum

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

貝殼念珠

This word was added by bybell on 20th Aug 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games | Learn Chinese
Spanish Language | Free dish TV deals | Studying in China

貝 bui3 bei4 - shells; cowries used as money
殼 hok3 ku1 que4 ke2 { qiao4} | qiao4 - [n] casing; shell; husk; hull; skin; coverings
念 nim6 nian4 - think; study;
珠 zyu1 zhu1 - pearl; bead; drop

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/26818/]貝殼念珠[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/26818/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">貝殼念珠</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 貝殼念珠

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.

: 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