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  naa2   jyutping
  na3   pinyin
[1] [n] (of animals) female
[2] [slang] mom
[3] [adj] effeminate; womanish

nounAdditional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 8
Level: 3
Radical: (#5)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 9408 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Sep 2009 07:23

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detail  zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6   = (lit. female pigs can climb tree) something impossible; "When pigs fly"
detail  gai1 naa2   = hen; the female of chicken
detail  sat1 naa2   = louse
detail  hau6 dai2 naa2   = stepmother
detail  naa2 jing4   = effeminate
detail  baa3 wong4 gai1 naa2   = a rude woman, a gossipy woman
detail  sat1 naa2   = louse
detail  sat1 naa2 ceon1   = louse eggs, nits
detail  gau2 naa2   = a female dog (母狗)
detail  gaa1 je4 zai2 naa2   = of the same family; of one family; a household
detail  loeng5 zai2 naa2   = mother and child
detail  joeng4 naa2   = ewe
detail  gap3 naa2   = toad ; a kind of big frog
detail  bin1 dou6 wui5 jau5 gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3 gaa3   = how could that possibly be true?
detail  po4/4*2 naa2   = young married woman; wife
detail  kei4 naa2   = a leech
detail  zai2 naa2   = mother and son
detail  zyu1 naa2   = a sow (female hog, female pig)
detail  zyu1 naa2 coi3   = sow cabbage, spinach beet; collard greens
detail  aap3 naa2 tai4   = flatfoot
detail  gwai6 dei6 wai3 zyu1 naa2   = to humble oneself for money
detail  lou5 fu2 naa2   = a ferocious woman, a shrew
detail  lou5 po4 naa2   = used to refer to older women when not mentioned by name
detail  maau1 naa2   = a female cat
detail  ngau4 naa2   = a cow
detail  ngoi6 mou5 naa2   = mother-in-law
detail  po4*2 naa2 jing4   = sissy, like a woman
detail  zyu1 naa2 soeng5 syu6   = stupid and dim
detail  naa2 seng1 naa2 hei3  na3 sheng1 na3 qi4 = of a male to act effeminate
detail  jat1 zi1 naa2  yi1*4 zhi1 na3 = (of a woman) be alone
detail  gai1 naa2 gam3 daai6 zek3 zi6  ji1 na3 han2 da4 zhi1 zi4 = a very big Chinese character
detail  baa3 hong6 gai1 naa2  ba4 xiang4 ji1 na3 = a bully; a bossy-person; a overbearing person; a tyrant
detail  paak3*paat1 naa2  pai1 na3 = partner
detail  gai1 naa2 dau3  ji1 na3 dou4 = to have messed up hair
detail  lou5 fu2 tau4 soeng6 deng1 sat1 naa2   = Beard the lion in his den

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