Chinese Word Entry

楊過

Simplified Chinese form: 杨过

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): Yáng Guò
Definitions:
  1. Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶〔神雕侠侣〕[Shen2 diao1 Xia2 lu:3]

  2. (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊〔杨〕[Yang2] and 陽〔阳〕[yang2] are homonyms)


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Chinese characters used in this word

willow, poplar, aspen, surname
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄤˊ (yáng)
Cantonese: joeng4
Japanese: ヨウ (you) / やなぎ (yanagi)
Korean: 양 (yang)
Vietnamese: dương
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overdo, exceed, go beyond, error, pass, pass through, go across
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ (guò), ㄍㄨㄛ (guō), ㄍㄨㄛ˙ (guo), ㄏㄨㄛˋ (huò)
Cantonese: gwo3
Japanese: カ (ka) / す.ぎる (sugiru)、 す.ごす (sugosu)、 あやま.ち (ayamachi)、 あやま.つ (ayamatsu)、 よぎ.る (yogiru)、 とが (toga)
Korean: 과 (gwa)
Vietnamese: quá, qua
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