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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hányú
"请保留您的票根。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or other object after most of it has been used or removed.
"He threw the cigarette stub into the ashtray." - 2
A small part remaining attached to a main part, such as a ticket counterfoil.
"Please keep your ticket stub for admission."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Old English 'stubbe' (tree stump), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse 'stubbr' and Middle High German 'stumpf'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "stub" is said worldwide
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mégot
Transliteration: mégot
"Il a écrasé son mégot dans le cendrier."
Stummel
Transliteration: Stummel
"Er warf den Zigarettenstummel weg."
mozzicone
Transliteration: mozzicone
"Ha spento il mozzicone di sigaretta."
colilla
Transliteration: colilla
"Dejó la colilla en el cenicero."
coto
Transliteration: coto
"Ele guardou o canhoto do ingresso."
टुकड़ा
Transliteration: tukda
"उसने टिकट का टुकड़ा अपने पास रखा।"
残余
Transliteration: hányú
"请保留您的票根。"
꽁초
Transliteration: ggongcho
"그는 담배 꽁초를 버렸다."
半券
Transliteration: hanken
"入場の際、半券をお持ちください。"
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