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坎大哈

Kǎn dà hādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
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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-ada0931371088f04. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

坎大哈 坎大哈 [Kan3 da4 ha1] /Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 坎
    kǎn

    pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water / ☵ / hole

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 哈
    hā

    (interj.) ha! / (onom. for laughter) / (slang) to be infatuated with / to adore / (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[hā shì qí])

    hǎ

    a Pekinese / a pug / (dialect) to scold

    Hā

    abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Hā sà kè sī tǎn], Kazakhstan / abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Harbin

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.