WordTaiwan frequency #22,057
天龍八部
ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨˋ
“Buddhist term for the eight classes of guardian deities: gods, dragons, yakshas, asuras, garudas, gandharvas, kimnaras, and mahoragas; also the title of a famous wuxia novel by Jin Yong”
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天
ㄊㄧㄢ
Sky or heaven; the universe; day or a period of time; nature; weather; season.
龍
ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Chinese dragon; a mythical creature; emperor; dinosaur; a long, winding object; a type of synthetic fiber.
八
ㄅㄚ
The natural number eight; used as a numeral or adjective to denote eight; sometimes used adverbially to mean all around or many.
部
ㄅㄨˋ
A department or ministry of government; a section or division of an organization; a part or portion; troops; a classifier for films or machines.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 昨天ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢyesterday; the day before today; the previous day
- 部分ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣa part or portion of something; a segment or component; (in some contexts) subordinates or subsections
- 今天ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢtoday; the present time; now
- 全部ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋthe whole; all; the entirety of something; completely
- 部落ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋtribe; a community or settlement based on kinship, territory, or shared culture; a clan or village with its own language, rituals, and social structure.
- 天下ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋthe whole world; all under heaven; the realm; (historical) the territory of China; (by extension) political rule or dominion over a realm
- 當天ㄉㄤ ㄊㄧㄢon that day; the same day; that very day.
- 大部分ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣˋthe greater part; the majority; most.
- 部門ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊdepartment; a distinct unit or division within an organization; branch; section.
- 內部ㄋㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋinterior; inside part or section; internal; the inside of something
- 教育部ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋMinistry of Education; government department overseeing national education, academic, and cultural affairs.
- 明天ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢtomorrow; the day after today; the near future