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琼

qióng

Character Traditional 瓊

What 琼 means

1. jasper
2. fine jade
3. beautiful
4. exquisite (e.g. wine, food)
5. abbr. for Hainan province

Other readings

琼 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Qióngshort name for Hainan {海南|Hǎi nán}

Example sentences

• 琼做了一个架子。
  Qióng zuò le yī gè jiàzi.
  John made a book shelf.
• 琼昨天去法国了。
  John left for France yesterday.
• 琼斯一家人爱他们的女儿。
  Qióngsī yījiārén ài tāmen de nǚ'ér.
  The Joneses love their daughter.
• 琼斯先生教我们英语会话。
  Mr Jones teaches us English conversation.
• 举行了一场欢送会以纪念琼斯先生。
  Jǔxíng le yī chǎng huānsònghuì yǐ jìniàn Qióngsī xiānsheng.
  A goodbye party was held for Mr. Jones.
• 汤姆问玛丽是否知道琼的新电话号码。
  Tom asked Mary if she knew John's new telephone number.

Words starting with 琼

• 琼瑶Qióng YáoChiung Yao (1938–2024), Taiwanese writer
• 琼海Qióng hǎiQionghai City, Hainan
• 琼中Qióng zhōngQiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
• 琼州Qióng zhōuQiongzhou, historic name for Hainan Island 海南岛
• 琼脂qióng zhīagar
• 琼中县Qióng zhōng xiànQiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
• 琼山区Qióng shān QūQiongshan, a district of Haikou City 海口市
• 琼海市Qióng hǎi ShìQionghai City, Hainan
• 琼结县Qióng jié XiànQonggyai, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 琼州海峡Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiáQiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China)
• 琼楼玉宇qióng lóu yù yǔbejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
• 琼浆玉液qióng jiāng yù yèbejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals; superb liquor; top quality wine
• 琼崖Qióng yáQiongya, historic name for Hainan Island 海南岛
• 琼筵qióng yánbanquet; elaborate feast
• 琼瑛qióng yīngjade-like stone
• 琼中黎族苗族自治县Qióng zhōng Lí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànQiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
• 琼斯Qióng sīJones (name)
• 琼斯顿Qióng sī dùnJohnston (name)
• 琼山Qióng shānsee 琼山区
• 琼结Qióng jiésee 琼结县

Words containing 琼

• 道琼Dào QióngDow Jones (stock market index)
• 道琼斯Dào Qióng sīDow Jones (stock market index)
• 仙山琼阁xiān shān qióng géjeweled palace in the fairy mountain
• 布琼布拉Bù qióng bù lāBujumbura, capital of Burundi
• 道琼斯指数Dào Qióng sī Zhǐ shùDow Jones Industrial Average

Characters that look like 琼

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 瑞ruìlucky; auspicious; propitious
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 睐làito glance; to look askance at
• 琅lángjade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
• 暇xiáleisure

Sounds the same

Read qióng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 穷poor; destitute; to use up
• 穹vault; dome; the sky
• 瞏(literary) to gaze in terror; (literary) alone; unaided
• 跫sound of footsteps
• 邛mound; place name
• 蛩anxious; grasshopper; a cricket
• 茕alone; desolate
• 筇(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff
• 䓖used in 芎䓖
• 璚(red stone)
• 笻variant of 筇
• 惸variant of 茕