臘 (laap6 lip6 | la4) : salt-cured meat

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臘

laap6 lip6

la4

[粵] laap6 [國] la4
[1] salt-cured meat, fish, etc
[2] ancient sacrificial rite at the end of lunar year
[3] last lunar month of the year

[粵] lip6 - Cantonese only
mainly used for transliterating the English syllable 'lip', e.g. 'Philip"
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Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

臘 / 腊

This word has been viewed 6919 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Aug 2016 14:07

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希臘 hei1 laap6 xi1 la4 = Greece

臘腸 laap6 coeng4*2 la4 chang2 = Cantonese pork sausage

臘腸狗 laap6 coeng4*2 gau2 la4 chang2 gou3 = sausage dog

臘味 laap6 mei6*2 la4 wei4 = cured/dried meat; preserved meat

臘肉 laap6 juk6 = salted and dried meat

吊臘鴨 diu3 laap6 aap3 = hanging

燒臘 siu1 laap6 = collective name for all dried and preserved meat and fish

髮臘 faat3 laap6 = hair wax

紅臘 hung4 laap6 = red seabream fish

古希臘 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 gu3 xi1 la4 = ancient Greece

古希臘語 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 jyu5 gu3 xi1 la4 yu3 = ancient Greek (language)

臘味蓮藕小炒 laap6 mei6*2 lin4 ngau5 siu2 caau2 = stir-fried lotus with preserved pork

臘腸卷 laap6 coeng4*2 gyun2 = Chinese (pork) sausage rolls

飲臘燭 jam3 laap6 zuk1 = [v] to dip candles

掛臘鴨 gwaa3 laap6 aap3*2 = to commit suicide by hanging (lit., "hanging dried duck")

燈油火臘 dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6 = expenditure for water, gas, electricity bills 粵

秋風起，食臘味 cau1 fung1 hei2 sik6 laap6 mei6*2 = when the autumn winds blow, the time is ripe for preserved meats

臘鴨 laap6 aap3*2 = pressed (dried) salted duck 粵

臘腸褲 laap6 coeng4*2 fu3 = fashionable trousers which have extremely narrow legs (lit., "sausage pants") 粵

希臘字母 hei1 lip6/laap6 zi6 mou5 xi1 la4 zi4 mu3 = Greek alphabet

希臘語 hei1 lip6/laap6 jyu5 xi1 la4 yu3 = (modern) Greek (language)

希臘人 hei1 laap6 /lip6 jan4 = a Greek person

蘇門答臘 sou1 mun4 daap3 laap6 su1 men2 da2 la4 = Sumatra

臘腸毒菌病 laap6 coeng4*2 duk6 kwan2 beng6 = botulism

臘手 laap6 sau2 la4 shou3 = wax hand

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結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

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Decimal representation of this word: 臘
Unicode code for this character: U+81d8 (off-site link)

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