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大道中
daai6 dou6 zung1
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Abbreviation for Queen's Road Central (皇后大道中) runs from Central to Sheung Wan (上環). It was one of the first roads to be built when the crown colony was founded. It was a major thoroughfare of Queen's Town, later renamed the City of Victoria. Queen's Road is split into four, from west to east: Queen's Road West (皇后大道西/大道西), Queen's Road Central, Queensway (金鐘道), and Queen's Road East (皇后大道東/大道東)  Default PoS: Additional PoS:  Level: 2 Google Frequency: 316,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2472 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 12th Aug 2005 07:02 and last edited on 10th Mar 2010 07:53 |
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Characters in this word:大 daai6 - big道 dou6 - road; way; channel; doctrine; Taoism; skill 中 zung1 zung3 - centre; middle; during; average; affected by 1 compounds containing this word:皇后大道中 - Queen's Road Central, Central & Sheung Wan, Hong Kong |
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