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角
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Definitions
- 1. angle
- 2. corner
- 3. horn
- 4. horn-shaped
- 5. unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
Example Sentences
1 shown六邊形有六個 角 、六條邊。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 角
triangle (musical instrument)
a set square (carpenter's tool)
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
croissant
heptagon
gap in coverage
chair designed to fit in corner of a room
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
forehead
solid angle
see 鐵菱|铁菱[tiě líng]
Giethoorn (city in the Netherlands)
(bird species of China) Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
rectangular coordinates
triceratops (dinosaur)
monodrama
corner of the mouth
equilateral triangle
hexagon socket head cap screw
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
the Pentagon
square
(bird species of China) Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
supporting role (in play, film etc)
corner (between walls)
(math.) alternate angles
wrestling ring
athletic supporter
significant role
outer corner of the eye
set square
scalene triangle
double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)
cape
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
gang leader
polygon
Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[bā kuò jiē]
Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
a protractor (device to divide angles)
youngster's talent
(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
corner of the mouth
a right angle
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
see 天涯海角[tiān yá hǎi jiǎo]
to wrestle
(astronomy) Spica
chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
trisection (math.)
angle
stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
to wrestle
war of words
bend in a street
wide-angle
beck iron (corner of anvil)
angle at apex
trigonometric function
scrap
non-playable character (in a role-playing game)
plane angle
courtesan
Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo], Florida
the four corners (of a rectangle)
triangular pyramid (math.)
Horn of Africa
angle of diffraction (physics)
dime
bad guy (in a story)
a set square (carpenter's tool)
role
Pearl River Delta
nook; corner
Cape Ras Hafun, Somalia, the easternmost point in Africa
pentagon
screech owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
pyramid
cornea
complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)
to praise an actor
three-legged stool
wide-angle lens
Triangulum (constellation)
childhood friend (idiom)
protractor
dip
(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)
triangle
outer tip of the eyebrow
inner corner of the eye
corner gate
angle (between two intersecting lines)
corner of a page
sling (for a wounded arm)
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
reflex angle
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc)
Irrawaddy Delta in south Myanmar (Burma)
love triangle
Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)
acute angle
elongation (astronomy)
(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing
bevel angle
famous actor
(bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia)
wrestling
angle of rotation
player character (in a role-playing game)
positive angle
Cape Canaveral, Florida
lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom)
cow horn
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
(math.) angle-preserving
Cape Verde
angular momentum
corner
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
\matchmaking corner\, a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details
slot machine
Triangulum Australe (constellation)
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
(engineering) corner case
supplementary angle
Pan-Pearl River delta
corner (junction of two walls)
banknote in Jiao units (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
(bird species of China) satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
Mekong River Delta
Mong Kok (area in Hong Kong)
tip of the iceberg
dodecagon
see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guǎi wān mò jiǎo]
edge and corner
two-horned rhinoceros
cornea
to turn a corner
polyhedron
hexagonal nut
briefs
alangium
see 鷹鵰|鹰雕[yīng diāo]
takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
ceratopsian
gladiator
decagon
(of a shape) sharp and clearcut
cutin
(geometry) a diagonal
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
triceratops
azimuth
outer corner of the eye
angle of drift (navigation)
pentagram
triangular prism (math.)
trigonometry
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
delta (geography)
cape
phase angle
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
Chinese anise
deltoid muscle (over the shoulder)
traditional-style canopy bed
(math.) distance-preserving correspondence
angle to the vertical
keratitis (inflammation of the cornea)
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
(bird species of China) rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
wrestling
reflex angle
(medicine) actinic keratosis, aka solar keratosis
corner
outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
right-angled triangle
Bermuda Triangle
angle from which one observes an object
corner kick (in soccer)
black olive (Canarium tramdenum)
trigonometry (math.)
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
street corner
antenna
clown role in opera
horn
gender role
corner of the mouth
triangular debt
(bird species of China) horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
solid angle
garrison trumpet call
Cayenne pepper
boxer shorts
anise
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
string bean
antler
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
keratin
pentagon
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
altercation; wrangle; angry argument
gnu
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
childhood friend (idiom)
water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
triangle
(math.) angle of intersection
briefs
isosceles triangle
lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)
corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
okra (Hibiscus esculentus)
Pascal's Triangle (math.)
six-pointed star
triangulation (surveying)
(bird species of China) oriental scops owl (Otus sunia)
keratin
angular frequency
Cape of Good Hope
croissant
(bird species of China) Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
angular gyrus (convolution of the brain)
Allen key
inner corner of the eye
keratin (protein forming nails and feathers etc)
superscript
wide angle camera shot
Cape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island
role-playing game (RPG)
hexagon
Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚[sān yà], Hainan
to quarrel
traditional hairstyle for children, with two pointy braids, giving it a horn-like appearance
angle grinder
Arcturus (brightest star in the constellation Boötes 牧伕座|牧夫座[mù fū zuò])
Yangtze River Delta
croissant
obtuse angle
(theater) understudy
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
unicorn
leading role; lead
bow decorated with animal horns
Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[kěn ní dí háng tiān zhōng xīn]
angle iron
Pearl River Delta (PRD)
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
rotational angular velocity
tortoise shell brackets 〔〕
anterior chamber (the front chamber of the eye)
to tussle
prime symbol (′) (math., linguistics etc)
North Point district of Hong Kong
to dog-ear
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
(medicine) keratosis
opposite angle
English corner
scalene triangle (math.)
good guy (in a story)
(bird species of China) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
angle of drift (navigation)
(bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)
octagon
hexagon
bugle horn
croissant
cuboid
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
(bird species of China) mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus)
The ends of the earth
Tibetan long horned antelope
(math.) alternate exterior angles
prism (math.)
polar angle
triangle relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
(bird species of China) horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
sideburns
angular velocity
epilepsy
ergot
narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
(bird species of China) Japanese scops owl (Otus semitorques)
ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
set square (tool to measure right angles)
contact lens
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
angle gauge
miter square (tool to measure angles)