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haau2 kiu2
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[1] skillful; adept; clever [2] opportune; coincidental [3] cunning; deceitful; artful 1. For all meanings, Jyutping haau2 is the standard reading.
2. For the meanings of "skillful" and "opportune", kiu2 is often used as the colloquial variant. In such case, some dictionaries might use 蹺 instead of 巧. Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: 工 (#48)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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巧克力 haau2 hak1 lik6 = chocolate (Mandarin transliteration) 國 巧合 haau2 hap6 = coincidence 正巧 zing3 haau2 = just by chance; just happened to 技巧 gei6 haau2 = skill; technique 精巧 zing1 haau2 = exquisite, fine 湊巧 cau3 haau2 = luckily; fortunately 巧妙 haau2 miu6 = clever; ingenious 恰巧 hap1 haau2 = by coincidence; fortunately 不巧 bat1 haau2 = unfortunately 國 花巧 faa1 haau2 = sharp; fancy 巧合的 haau2 hap6 dik1 = coincident 國 巧克力糖 haau2 hak1 lik6 tong4*2 = [普] chocolates (as sweets) 國 巧幹 haau2 gon3 = work ingeniously; do sth. in a clever way (lit., "clever limbs") 七巧板 cat1 haau2 baan2 = tangram, the seven piece puzzle 弄巧成拙 lung6 haau2 sing4 zyut6 = trying to make something better but end up making it worse 花言巧語 faa1 jin4 haau2 jyu5 = sweet but insincere words; flowery language; blandishments 碰巧 pung3 haau2 = by chance; by coincidence 乖巧 gwaai1 haau2 = clever; lovable; cute; well-behaved 熱巧克力 jit6 haau2 hak1 lik6 = hot chocolate 國 輕巧 heng1 haau2 = dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful 取巧 ceoi2 haau2 = resort to trickery 靈巧 ling4 haau2 = skillful; adroit; dexterous 巧遇 haau2 jyu6 = chance upon; meet unexpectedly 熟能生巧 suk6 nang4 sang1 haau2 = practice makes perfect 視覺加工技巧 si6 gok3 gaa1 gung1 gei6 haau2 = visual processing skill 語音技巧 jyu5 jam1 gei6 haau2 = phonological skill 巧家 haau2 gaa1 = Qiaojia (place in Yunnan) 巧克力城 haau2 hak1 lik6 sing4 = "Chocolate City" in Guangzhou 咁啱得咁巧 gam3 ngaam1 dak1 gam3 kiu2 = as luck would have it 粵 巧令 haau2 ling6*3 = very beautiful 粵 巧言令色 haau2 jin4 ling6 sik1 = talk cleverly and act kind but lack sincerity 盧巧音 lou4 haau2 jam1 = Candy Lo |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |