霧 (mou6 | wu4) : fog; mist; fine spray

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霧

mou6

wu4

fog; mist; hazy; vapour; fine spray

(Classifier(s): 團)

Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: (#173)

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

霧 / 雾

This word has been viewed 7019 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd May 2014 04:50

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大霧 daai6 mou6 = foggy 粵

煙霧 jin1 mou6 yan1 wu4 = smog

霧水 mou6 seoi2 = dew 粵

一頭霧水 jat1 tau4 mou6 seoi2 = in bewilderment or confusion; not knowing what's the matter

愁雲慘霧 sau4 wan4 caam2 mou6 chou2 yun2 can3 wu4 = gloom; melancholy

噴霧器 pan3 mou6 hei3 pen1 wu4 qi4 = an atomizer, a nebulizer

蓮霧 lin4 mou6 lian2 wu4 = wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)

防狼噴霧 fong4 long4 pan3 mou6 fang2 pen1 lang2 wu4 = pepper spray; anti-rape spray

噴霧 pan3 mou6 pen1 wu4 = spray

防蚊噴霧 fong4 man1 pan3 mou6 fang2 wen2 pen1 wu4 = anti-mosquito spray, mosquito repellent spray

身體噴霧 san1 tai2 pan3 mou6 shen1 ti3 pen1 wu4 = body spray

噴霧彩帶 pan3 mou6 coi2 daai3*2 pen1 wu4 cai3 da4 = silly string, aerosol string (common formation)

霧化器 mou6 faa3 hei3 wu4 hua4 qi4 = nebulizer; atomizer

搏大霧 bok3 daai6 mou6 bo2 da4 wu4 = utilize a chaotic situation to take advantage of sb. 粵

霧霾 mou6 maai4 wu4 mai2 = smog

霧氣 mou6 hei3 wu4 qi4 = fog; mist ; vapor

宿霧 suk1 mou6 = Cebu

煙霧盒 jin1 mou6 hap6 /haap6 yan1 wu4 he2 = smoke cell

宿霧太平洋航空 suk1 mou6 taai3 ping4 joeng4 hong4 hung1 = Cebu Pacific

胡椒噴霧 wu4 ziu1 pan3 mou6 hu2 jiao1 pen1 wu4 = pepper spray (defensive weapon, classified as a firearm in HK)

熱霧 jit6 mou6 re4 wu4 = heat haze, summer smog, thermal fog

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 霧
Unicode code for this character: U+9727 (off-site link)

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