山窿 (saan1 lung4*1 | ) : cave, tunnel

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山窿

saan1 lung4*1

cave, tunnel (lit., "mountain hole") [華]: 山洞

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

山窿

This word was added by bybell on 5th May 2008 00:00 and last edited on 8th Feb 2010 01:35

Characters in this word:

山 saan1 - mountain; hill; peak
窿 lung4*1 lung4 - [n] cavity; hole

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捐山窿 ? ?!
to slither through tunnel
[(to) traverse (a) tunnel lit. "crawl through a mountain cave" use of 捐 gyun1 -- although seen on internet, e.g. 火車捐山窿 (train going through tunnel), in cantodict gyun1 is not yet known as crawl through. maybe homonym with different character?]

火車捐山窿 ? ?!
train going through tunnel
[gyun1 is not definite character -- help would be appreciated!]

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