See Also: Chung (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
dactyl(dictionary)
dactyl(dictionary)
Dactyl, dactyl(health)
Dactyl(medicine)
T'ai-chung(encyclopedia)
CHUNG TAI PRINT(finance)
KWOON CHUNG BUS(finance)
Wang, Chung(medicine)
Kwai Chung Hospital(health)

Chung (as used in expressions) (sh) and dactyl (oh)


Chung (as used in expressions) (sh)


dactyl (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: dactylus, from Greek daktylos 'finger' (because of the length of the three finger-joints)]
a repeated sound pattern in poetry, consisting of one long sound followed by two short sounds, as in the word 'carefully'
-- dactylic /dAk5tIlIk/ adj