仗 (zoeng3 zoeng6 | zhang4) : battle; weapons; rely on

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仗

zoeng3 zoeng6

zhang4

[粵] zoeng3 | [國] zhang4
[n] battle; war; fight

[粵] zoeng6 | [國] zhang4
[1] [n] weapons; weaponry
[2] [v] hold (a weapon); uphold
[3] [v] rely on; depend on

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

仗

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Sep 2013 04:49

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打勝仗 daa2 sing3 zoeng3 da3 sheng4 zhang4 = win a battle

打仗 daa2 zoeng3 da3 zhang4 = to fight; to go to war; to battle; to wage war

打敗仗 daa2 baai6 zoeng3 = to suffer a defeat; to lose a fight; to fall ill 粵

炮仗 paau3 zoeng6*2 = firecrackers 粵

陣仗 zan6 zoeng6 = a battle combat

大陣仗 daai6 zan6 zoeng6 = combat

炮仗花 paau3 zoeng6*2 faa1 = [n] firecracker vine (Pyrostegia venusta) 粵

打仗仔 daa2 zoeng3 zai2 = children playing mock combat

勝仗 sing3 zoeng3 sheng4 zhang4 = victorious battle; victory

燒炮仗 siu1 paau3 zeong6-2 = light and set off firecrackers 粵

炮仗頸 paau3 zoeng6*2 geng2 = short-tempered; hot-tempered 粵

仗恃 zoeng6 ci5 zhang4 shi4 = rely on

依仗 ji1 zoeng6 yi1 zhang4 = rely on

濕水炮仗 sap1 seoi2 paau3 zoeng6*2 = a well-tempered person 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 仗
Unicode code for this character: U+4ed7 (off-site link)

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