writing brush/writing/pen/literary work/polite letters of correspondence/golden pheasant/long hard feather/long hair/ability/high flying/part of a place name
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語素
用於人名、譯名 used in names and transliterations
約翰
约翰
John
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, in-compounds, literary
writing; literary work
character
letter of correspondence
character, in-compounds, literary
writing brush
character, obsolete
long and hard feather
character, obsolete
white horse
character, obsolete
to fly high
character, literary
literary talent
character, obsolete
golden pheasant
Definitions (Unihan)
writing brush, pen, pencil
Cangjie Input
JJOSM
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
约翰对他的新房子很自豪。
約翰對他的新房子很自豪。
yuē hàn duì tā de xīn fáng zi hěn zì háo 。
John is very proud of his new house.
Mandarin
约翰一整天待在床上而没去工作。
約翰一整天待在牀上而沒去工作。
yuē hàn yī zhěng tiān dài zài chuáng shàng ér méi qù gōng zuò 。
John stayed in bed all day instead of going to work.
John stayed in bed all day and didn't go to work.
Mandarin
约翰希望独立于他的父母。
約翰希望獨立於他的父母。
yuē hàn xī wàng dú lì yú tā de fù mǔ 。
John hopes to be independent of his parents.
Mandarin
她看到蒙哥马利通了公共汽车、伯明翰接上了水管、塞尔马建了桥，一位来自亚特兰大的传教士告诉人们：“我们将克服阻力。”是的，我们能做到。
她看到蒙哥馬利通了公共汽車、伯明翰接上了水管、塞爾馬建了橋，一位來自亞特蘭大的傳教士告訴人們：“我們將克服阻力。”是的，我們能做到。
tā kàn dào méng gē mǎ lì tōng le gōng gòng qì chē 、 bó míng hàn jiē shàng le shuǐ guǎn 、 sāi ěr mǎ jiàn le qiáo ， yī wèi lái zì yà tè lán dà de chuán jiào shì gào sù rén men ：“ wǒ men jiāng kè fú zǔ lì 。” shì de ， wǒ men néng zuò dào 。
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes, we can.
Mandarin
约翰只上了一天的学，就和班上的同学都成了朋友。
約翰只上了一天的學，就和班上的同學都成了朋友。
yuē hàn zhǐ shàng le yī tiān de xué ， jiù hé bān shàng de tóng xué dōu chéng le péng you 。
It took John only one day to make friends with his classmates at the school.