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东印度公司

Dōng Yìn dù Gōng sīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
East India Company
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-58475c280b50e972. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

東印度公司 东印度公司 [Dong1 Yin4 du4 Gong1 si1] /East India Company/

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Other forms in these source records: 東印度公司

  • 东
    dōng

    east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

    Dōng

    surname Dong

  • 印
    yìn

    to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image

    Yìn

    surname Yin / abbr. for 印度[Yìn dù], India

  • 度
    dù

    to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences

    duó

    to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duò]

  • 公
    gōng

    public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

  • 司
    sī

    to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)

    Sī

    surname Si

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