墟 (heoi1) — ruins; ghost town in Cantonese
heoiˉ¹墟Mandarin Pinyin: xu1
Meaning of 墟
nounruins; ghost town
nouncountry fair/market
nounvillage; hamlet
Example Sentences with 墟
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋heoi˗₃去dou˗₃到goˊ²嗰zan2,陣﹐coengˎ₄場minˊ²面sapˍ₆十fanˉ¹分heoiˉ¹墟hamˍ₆冚。
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.
gwanˉ¹崑leonˎ₄崙heoiˉ¹墟haiˍ₆係cyunˎ₄傳syut3.說。
Kunlun Ruins are a legend.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度banˉ¹賓heoiˉ¹墟gam˗₃咁ge˗₃嘅coengˎ₄場min6.面。
It's a chaotic scene here.
song˗₃上ci˗₃次paai˗₃派deoi˗₃對zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係banˉ¹賓heoiˉ¹墟gam˗₃咁ge˗₃嘅coengˎ₄場min6.面。
Last party was really a chaotic scene.
singˎ₄成jatˍ₆日couˊ²嘈dou˗₃到banˉ¹賓heoiˉ¹墟gam˗₃咁ge˗₃嘅coengˎ₄場min6.面。
It's noisy like a chaotic scene all day.
Words Containing 墟
墟市heoi1 si5
marketplace; country fair/market
殷墟jan1 heoi1
Yin ruins -- The ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC), rediscovered in 1899, are one of the oldest and largest archeaological sites in China, famous as the original source of oracle bones and oracle bone script which are the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing.
天光墟tin1 gwong1 heoi1
Dawn Market: despite being an 'underground' practice with no official sanction, the market somehow has the tacit approval of the police due to its brief dealings in early (before 8am) morning hours.
三個女人一個墟saam1 go3 neoi5 jan4 jat1 go3 heoi1
3 women noisy like a market
趁墟can3 heoi1
go to a country fair or market
廢墟fai3 heoi1
ruins
墟日heoi1 jat6
market day
墟咁嘈heoi1 gam3 cou4
as noisy as the street market; very noisy
趁墟打市can3 heoi1 daa2 si5
loot a burning house, take adventage of sb.'s misfortune (lit., "to go to the market, to go to the fair")
墟場heoi1 coeng4
market place
墟墟冚冚heoi1 heoi1 ham6 ham6
busy, populated, crowded; bustling
墟巴嘈閉heoi1 baa1 cou4 bai3
adj.; noisy, very noisy
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