川 (cyun1) — Szechwan province in Cantonese
cyunˉ¹川Mandarin Pinyin: chuan1
Meaning of 川
nounSzechwan province
nounstream; river
nounboil with water
nounflow; constant flow
Example Sentences with 川
zauˉ¹舟japˍ₆楫douˍ₆渡hoˎ₄河syun1.川。
Boats and oars cross rivers.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想heoi˗₃去seiˉ¹四cyunˉ¹川
I want to go to Sichuan.
seiˉ¹四cyunˉ¹川coi˗₃菜houˊ²好laatˍ₆辣
Sichuan food is very spicy.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有seiˉ¹四cyunˉ¹川jeˏ₅嘢
There's Sichuan stuff here.
seiˉ¹四cyunˉ¹川janˎ₄人houˊ²好jitˍ₆熱cingˎ₄情
Sichuan people are very warm.
Words Containing 川
川貝cyun1 bui3
tendril-leaved fritillary bulb
川菜cyun1 coi3
Sichuan cuisine
常川soeng4 cyun1
constantly; frequently
四川泡菜sei3 cyun1 paau3 coi3
Szechuan pickled cabbage
川穀cyun1 guk1
Job's tear grains (Coix lacryma), adlay, adlai
冰川bing1 cyun1
a glacier
山川saan1 cyun1
mountains and rivers; landscape
樺川waa4 cyun1
Huachuan (place in Heilongjiang)
四川sei3 cyun1
The province of Sichuan (sometimes spelled Szechuan) in central southern China. The name of the province is abbreviated to 蜀 and its capital city is Chengdu 成都.
德川家康dak1 cyun1 gaa1 hong1
Tokugawa Ieyasu
香川縣hoeng1 cyun1 jyun6
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
石川縣sek6 cyun1 jyun6
Ishikawa Prefecture, place in Japan
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