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Abbreviations and symbols[Previous][Next]Symbols and
abbreviations
| Symbol |
Explanation |
| Symbols placed in
front of meaning valid for a whole
section |
| [Mandarin] |
used in Mandarin |
| [Hakka] |
used in
Hakka |
| [Cantonese] |
used in Cantonese |
| [Guangdong] |
used in Guangdong
(Yue) languages |
| [Wu] |
used in
Wu |
| [Korean] |
used in
Korean |
| [Japanese] |
used in
Japanese |
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| Symbols
used in pronunciation fields |
| {su4} |
character has
separate reading
with another meaning, listed separately |
| /su4/ |
reading either
unknown, not verified,
or not confirmed in more than 4 dictionaries |
| (su4) |
speech
pronunciation |
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| Symbols referring
to the character entry |
| abbr |
abbreviation |
| adj |
adjective |
| adv |
adverb |
| al |
abusive
language |
| ap |
also
pronounced |
| art |
article |
| asp |
aspect |
| arch |
archaism |
| aux |
auxiliary |
| aux v |
auxiliary
verb |
| Cf. |
compare |
| cl |
classifier,
measure word |
| classic |
classical Chinese |
| col |
colloquialism |
| conj |
conjunction |
| cp |
colloquial
pronunciation |
| def art |
definite
article |
| der |
derogatory |
| e.g. |
for
example |
| exp |
expletive |
| fem |
female,
feminine |
| fig |
figurative |
| fml |
formal |
| fp |
final
particle |
| fw |
foreign
word |
| gen |
genitive |
| gram |
grammatical,
grammar |
| idm |
idiomatic
(construction, expression) |
| itj |
interjection |
| indef art |
indefinite
article |
| joc |
jocular |
| lit |
literally |
| mas |
male,
masculine |
| n |
noun |
| neg |
negative (in a
negative sentence,
or with negative verb) |
| neg v |
negative verb
(when used with) |
| nom |
nominative |
| obj |
objective |
| obs |
obsolete
term |
| ono |
onomatopoeia |
| p |
particle |
| pl |
plural |
| pn |
partitive
noun |
| pol |
polite language
|
| pos |
possessive |
| pp |
past
particle |
| ppr |
present
particle |
| pref |
prefix |
| prep |
preposition |
| pron |
pronoun |
| pt |
past
tense |
| sg |
singular |
| sl |
slang |
| suf |
suffix |
| v |
verb |
| v.i. |
intransitive verb
|
| v.tr. |
transitive
verb |
| vulg |
vulgar expression
or word |
| ? |
perhaps,
possibly, uncertain |
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