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Meaning of 玳

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Pinyin: dài
English Definition: tortoise shell; turtle
Chinese Definition:
①(玳瑁)海中像大龟的爬行动物,甲壳黄褐色,有黑斑,很光滑,可做装饰品,或入药。简称“玳”,如“玳筵”(以玳瑁装饰坐具的盛宴),“玳梁”(“玳瑁梁”的简称,画有玳瑁斑纹的屋梁)。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (jade) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ wáng ] king, ruler; royal; surname
    • [ dài ] era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
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Example Words
玳瑁 dài mào hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata); tortoiseshell; Taiwan pr. [dai4 mei4]
玳瑁壳 dài mào tortoise shell
玳瑁眼镜 dài mào yǎn jìng hawksbill shell-rimmed eyeglasses; Classifiers:
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Example Sentences
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Very grateful for small Dai was very moved.
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Jane : Time for Adele's lesson.
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Rochester: You've become quite attached to that foolish little Adele, haven't you ?
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西西
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;