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diǎn

Main
English Definition	canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
Simplified Script	典
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	diǎn
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄉㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	din²

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Words With Same Head Word
典型	diǎnxíng	model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
典礼	diǎnlǐ	celebration; ceremony
典雅	diǎnyǎ	refined; elegant
典范	diǎnfàn	model; example; paragon
典当	diǎndàng	to pawn; pawnshop

Words With Same Tail Word
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); (coll.) dictionary
古典	gǔdiǎn	classical
词典	cídiǎn	dictionary; also written 辞典
辞典	cídiǎn	dictionary; also written 词典
经典	jīngdiǎn	the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical

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