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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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áo
    ao2
ao
mythological sea turtle

鰲巖

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áo yán
    ao2 yan2
ao yen
Oam

鰲抃


鳌抃

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áo biàn
    ao2 bian4
ao pien
to clap and dance with joy

博鰲


博鳌

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bó áo
    bo2 ao2
po ao
see 博鎮|博鳌镇[Bo2 ao2 zhen4]

巨鰲


巨鳌

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jù áo
    ju4 ao2
chü ao
 kyogo
(Skt. makara)

博鰲鎮


博鳌镇

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bó áo zhèn
    bo2 ao2 zhen4
po ao chen
Bo'ao seaside resort, Hainan

鰲背負山


鳌背负山

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áo bèi fù shān
    ao2 bei4 fu4 shan1
ao pei fu shan
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back

獨佔鰲頭


独占鳌头

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dú zhàn áo tóu
    du2 zhan4 ao2 tou2
tu chan ao t`ou
    tu chan ao tou
to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field

博鰲亞洲論壇


博鳌亚洲论坛

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bó áo yà zhōu lùn tán
    bo2 ao2 ya4 zhou1 lun4 tan2
po ao ya chou lun t`an
    po ao ya chou lun tan
Bo'ao Forum for Asia (since 2001)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 9 results for "鰲" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

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