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Meaning of 典

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典HSK 3
Pinyin: diǎn
English Definition: canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
Chinese Definition:
①可以作为标准的书籍：典籍。字典。词典。经典。引经据典。
②标准，法则：典章。典制。典故(a。典制和掌故；b。诗文里引用的古书中的故事或词句)。典范。典雅。典礼。典型。
③指典礼：盛典。大典。
④主持，主管：典试(主持科举考试之事)。典狱。
⑤活买活卖，到期可以赎：典卖。典押。典契。
⑥姓氏。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 八
Ideographic:Two hands 八 holding a book 冊
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 曲 [ qū ] crooked, bent; wrong, false
    • 八 [ bā ] eight; all around, all sides
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Example Words
典型HSK 6 diǎn xíng model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
经典HSK 5 jīng diǎn the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical
非典型肺炎 fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
古典HSK 5 gǔ diǎn classical
典礼HSK 6 diǎn lǐ celebration; ceremony
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Example Sentences
1
wǒ
我
xū yào
需要
yī běn
一本
zì diǎn
字典
。
I need a dictionary.
2
wǒ xǐ huān
我喜欢
tīng
听
gǔ diǎn
古典
yīn yuè
音乐
。
I love listening to classical music.
3
tā
他
xǐ huan
喜欢
tīng
听
gǔ diǎn
古典
yīn yuè
音乐
。
He enjoys listening to classical music.
4
zhè bù
这部
diàn yǐng
电影
shì
是
jīng diǎn zhī zuò
经典之作
。
This movie is a classic.
5
zhè
这
shì
是
yī běn
一本
zhōng yīng wén
中英文
cí diǎn
词典
。
This is a Chinese-English dictionary.
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