歐
简 欧 · 繁 歐Meanings · au1
- (used for transliteration)
- old variant of 讴
- abbreviation for Europe
- European
- a surname
- an alternative form for 謳, to sing
Meanings · ngau1
- (used for transliteration)
- old variant of 讴
- abbreviation for Europe
- European
- a surname
- an alternative form for 謳, to sing
Meanings · au2
- an alternative form for 嘔, to vomit
- an alternative form for 敺, to strike
Meanings · ngau2
- an alternative form for 嘔, to vomit
- an alternative form for 敺, to strike
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 歐 Ōu CC-CEDICT · MandarinEurope (abbr. for 歐洲 Ōu zhōu); European Union (abbr. for 歐盟 Ōu méng); surname Ou
- 歐 ōu CC-CEDICT · Mandarinohm (abbr. for 歐姆 ōu mǔ); euro (abbr. for 歐元 ōu yuán); used in transliteration; old variant of 謳 ōu
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ou1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
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au1 · au2
Cantonese word readings for 歐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 歐羅巴／欧罗巴 (Ōuluóbā): Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 歐盟／欧盟 (Ōuméng, “European Union”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 歐元／欧元 (ōuyuán, “euro”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 歐姆／欧姆 (ōumǔ, “ohm”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 謳 /讴 (ōu, “to sing”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 毆 /殴 (ōu, “to beat; to strike”)
- a surname
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