| 典 | 374B45 22.80 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄉㄧㄢˇ [dian3] | ||
| N. | (1) Established or traditional system, institution or laws: 法典 code of laws; 典刑 [dian3xing2]1↓; 國有常典 established laws of country. (2) Model, established standard: 典則 model, standard: 典範 [dian3fan4]↓. (3) Classic: 經典 the classic; 佛典 Buddhist classic. (4) Dictionary, encyclopaedia: 字典 dictionary; 辭典 dictionary of phrases; 永樂大典 Encyclopaedia (collection) of Emperor Yunglo; 會典 encyclopaedia on institutions of a dyn.; 通典 name of an encyclopaedia (Tarng Dyn.). (5) Literary allusion or reference: 語出何典 what is the allusion to? 典故 [dian3gu4]↓. (6) A surname. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To mortgage, to pawn: 典業 mortgage property; 典賣，典當，典押 [dian3mai4], [dian3dang4], [dian3ya1]↓. (2) To supervise, be in charge of: 典試 act as chief examiner; 典獄 in charge of prison: 典獄官 prison warden. | |||||
| Words | 1. 典奧 [dian3ao4], adj. & n., profound, profundity. 2. 典常 [dian3chang2], n., established laws and customs. 3. 典當 [dian3dang4], v.t., pawn (articles). 4. 典範 [dian3fan4], n., model to be copied, followed. 5. 典故 [dian3gu4], n., literary reference or allusion. 6. 典章 [dian3zhang1], n., cultural establishments (典章文物); anc. institutions. 7. 典籍 [dian3ji2], n., books in gen., esp. anc. works. 8. 典制 [dian3zhi4]1, n., traditional institutions. 9. 典質 [dian3zhi4]2, v.t., to pawn (articles). 10. 典賣 [dian3mai4], v.t., to mortgage. 11. 典舖 [dian3pu4], n., pawnshop. 12. 典刑 [dian3xing2]1, n., laws, esp. penalties: 明正典刑 carry out a capital punishment. 13. 典型 [dian3xing2]2, n. & adj., model: 典型人物 model personalities. 14. 典守 [dian2shou3], v.t., to be in charge of (prisons, etc.). 15. 典史 [dian3shi3], n., district chief of police (Manchu Dyn.). 16. 典押 [dian3ya1], n. & v.t., mortgage, used as pledge in loan, pawn. 17. 典雅 [dian2ya3], adj., refined, cultured (of manners, writing). | |||||