"壁龕" meaning in All languages combined

See 壁龕 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /pi⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pɪk̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pɪk̚⁵ ɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pia(ʔ)⁵ kʰam³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰam⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 壁龛 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 壁龕
  1. niche or alcove in the wall (mostly semi-circular or rectangular in shape, used to displays statues of deities, Buddha carvings, or other artifacts)
    Sense id: en-壁龕-zh-noun-oZiUA4a- Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: 壁龕 [canonical] (ruby: (へき), (がん)), hekigan [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|へきがん}} 壁(へき)龕(がん) • (hekigan)
  1. (architecture) niche, alcove (in Western architecture)
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      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        "niche or alcove in the wall (mostly semi-circular or rectangular in shape, used to displays statues of deities, Buddha carvings, or other artifacts)"
      ],
      "id": "en-壁龕-zh-noun-oZiUA4a-",
      "links": [
        [
          "niche",
          "niche"
        ],
        [
          "alcove",
          "alcove"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bìkān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ am¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piah-kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bìkān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bìkan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pi⁴-kʻan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bì-kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bihkan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bikanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бикань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ ham¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ am¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīk hām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīk ām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik⁷ ham¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik⁷ am¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "big¹ hem¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "big¹ em¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk̚⁵ ɐm⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piah-kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piah-kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piahqafm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pia(ʔ)⁵ kʰam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰam⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "壁龕"
}

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      "ruby": [
        [
          "壁",
          "へき"
        ],
        [
          "龕",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hekigan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
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          "niche",
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          "alcove",
          "alcove"
        ]
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}
{
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      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Chinese nouns",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 龕",
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        "Hokkien nouns",
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        "Mandarin nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
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        "niche or alcove in the wall (mostly semi-circular or rectangular in shape, used to displays statues of deities, Buddha carvings, or other artifacts)"
      ],
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        [
          "niche",
          "niche"
        ],
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          "alcove",
          "alcove"
        ],
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          "wall",
          "wall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bìkān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ am¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piah-kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bìkān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bìkan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pi⁴-kʻan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bì-kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bihkan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bikanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бикань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ ham¹"
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ am¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīk hām"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīk ām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik⁷ ham¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik⁷ am¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "big¹ hem¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "big¹ em¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk̚⁵ ɐm⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piah-kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piah-kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "piahqafm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pia(ʔ)⁵ kʰam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "壁龕"
}

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          "へき"
        ],
        [
          "龕",
          "がん"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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    }
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      ],
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          "niche",
          "niche"
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      ],
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        "architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "壁龕"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 壁龕 meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

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