角
animal horn; currency unit; corner; angle; same as 饺
Meanings
10 senses · 24 examplesnoun
animal horn; hard pointed growth on head of cattle, sheep, deer
Refers to the hard, pointed keratinous growths on the heads of hoofed animals.
This bull's horns are very sharp.
The hunter picked up a deer antler.
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Two bull horns locked together.
Sheep horn cake is a traditional snack.
Rhinoceros horns are precious medicinal materials.
noun
ancient military wind instrument
literaryA brass or bamboo wind instrument used in ancient Chinese military to signal troops.
Ancient military forces would blow the horn when going to war.
adjective
shaped like a horn; horn-shaped
Describes objects that have a pointed, horn-like shape.
There are horn-shaped bumps on the soap.
Water caltrop is the fruit of an aquatic plant.
noun
cape; headland (used in place names)
formalUsed exclusively in Chinese place names for coastal headlands.
Chengshan Cape is a famous coastal attraction in Shandong.
Zhenhai Cape is located in the coastal area of Fujian Province.
noun
corner; nook; edge junction
Can refer to physical corners or abstract, hidden spots, often used with the diminutive suffix 儿 in northern dialects.
I bumped into the corner of the table.
He hid in the corner of the wall and cried secretly.
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Let's meet at the street corner.
A pothos plant is placed in the southeast corner of the living room.
The English corner is a great place to practice spoken English.
noun
angle (geometry); solid angle
technicalUsed in mathematics to refer to planar angles and solid angles formed by intersecting lines or planes.
A right angle is a 90-degree angle.
An acute angle is smaller than a right angle.
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This cube has eight trihedral angles.
The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
Two intersecting planes form a dihedral angle.
quantifier
piece; portion (angular shaped)
Used to count wedge-shaped or angular portions of food or other objects.
Please give me a wedge of cake.
This watermelon was cut into four small wedges.
noun
one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions
literaryA traditional Chinese astronomical division of the sky, one of the 28 lunar mansions.
quantifier
jiao; Chinese currency unit (1/10 of a yuan)
Standard currency unit equal to 0.1 RMB yuan, also commonly called 毛 máo in spoken Chinese.
A popsicle costs 5 jiao.
I have ten 1-jiao banknotes.
verb
same as 饺
archaicA rare variant usage of 角 referring to dumplings, mostly used in ancient texts or regional dialects.