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天竺

Tiān zhú

2-character word

What 天竺 means

1. the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)

The characters in 天竺

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 竺Zhúsurname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism

Example sentences

• 红色天竺葵很美。
  Hóngsè tiānzhúkuí hěn měi.
  The red geranium is very beautiful.

Words starting with 天竺

• 天竺葵tiān zhú kuígeranium (Pelargonium hortorum)
• 天竺鼠tiān zhú shǔguinea pig; cavy
• 天竺牡丹tiān zhú mǔ dandahlia