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Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
diǎn dian3
- canon
- law
- standard work of scholarship
- literary quotation or allusion
- ceremony
- to be in charge of
- to mortgage or pawn
Example sentences
HSK words with 典
- 字典 zìdiǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
- 词典 cídiǎn dictionary
- 经典 jīngdiǎn the classics
- 典型 diǎnxíng model
- 典礼 diǎnlǐ celebration
- 辞典 cídiǎn dictionary (variant of 词典)
- 古典 gǔdiǎn classical
- 庆典 qìngdiǎn celebration
- 典范 diǎnfàn model
- 引经据典 yǐnjīngjùdiǎn lit. to quote the classics