赤 (cek3 cik3 | chi4) : red; naked; loyal; aching; icy

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赤

cek3 cik3

chi4

[1] red; crimson; revolutionary
[2] bare; naked; desolate
[3] loyal; sincere; pure
[] [粵] aching; painful; hurtful | [國] 疼
[] [粵] icy; freezing; biting | [華] 冰涼

Jyutping cik3 is literary reading; cek3 is colloquial.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: (#155)

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

赤

This word has been viewed 9953 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Sep 2013 05:51

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肉赤 juk6 cek3 rou4 chi4 = painfully upset; feel distressed 粵

赤道 cek3 dou6 chi4 dao4 = the Equator

赤裸裸 cek3 lo2 lo2 chi4 luo3 luo3 = bare; naked; in the buff; starkers; au naturel

赤字 cek3 zi6 chi4 zi4 = in the red; in deficit

赤鱲角 cek3 laap6 gok3 chi4 lie4 jiao3 = Chek Lap Kok

赤鱲 cek3 laap6 chi4 lie4 = red perch

赤柬 cek3 gaan2 = Red Cambodia

赤柱 cek3 cyu5 chi4 zhu4 = Chek Chu; Stanley, an Hong Kong district

頭赤赤 tau4 cek3 cek3 = headache; sore head; feeling a bit dizzy 粵

赤貧 cik3 pan4 = destitute (very poor)

打赤膊 daa2 cek3 bok3 = bare-backed

打赤腳 daa2 cek3 goek3 = to go barefoot; to go barelegged 粵

打赤肋 daa2 cek3 laak6 = to go bare shouldered, show armpits (e.g., with a halter top)

打大赤腳 daa2 daai6 cek3 goek3 = drooping socks showing bare leg 粵

打大赤肋 daa2 daai6 cek3 laak6*3 = stripped to the waist 粵

打哈赤 daa2 haa1 cek3 = yawning

面紅耳赤 min6 hung4 ji5 cek3 mian4 hong2 er3 chi4 = be red in the face; be flushed

赤壁 cek3 bik1 chi4 bi4 = Chibi (the Red Cliffs, the Red Wall)

赤手空拳 cek3 sau2 hung1 kyun4 chi4 shou3 kong1 quan2 = empty-handed; unarmed; bare-handed; with a naked hand

赤子 cek3 zi2 chi4 zi5 = newborn baby; someone who has a pure heart; patriot

頭赤 tau4 cek3 tou2 chi4 = headache; sore head 粵

赤身露體 cek3 san1 lou6 tai2 chi4 shen1 lou4 ti3 = naked

赤裸 cek3 lo2 chi4 luo3 = naked / bare

赤身 cek3 san1 chi4 shen1 = naked

赤道幾內亞 cik3 dou6 gei1 noi6 aa3 chi4 dao4 ji1 nei4 ya4 = Equatorial Guinea

財政赤字 coi4 zing3 cek3 zi6 = financial deficit ("being in the red")

赤小豆 cek3 siu2 dau6 = kachang jijau; Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.

赤峰 cek3 fung1 chi4 feng1 = Chifeng (city in Inner Mongolia)

赤水 cek3 seoi2 chi4 shui3 = Chishui (city in Guizhou)

赤城 cek3 sing4 chi4 cheng2 = Chicheng (place in Hebei)

赤口 cek3 hau2 = "chec hao", the third day of the Lunar New Year; shakkou (Japanese)

赤柱年華 cek3 cyu5 nin4 waa4 chi4 zhu4 nian2 hua2 = years served in the Stanely prison 粵

近墨者黑，近朱者赤 gan6 mak6 ze2 hak1, gan6 zyu ze2 cik3 jin4 mo4 zhe3 hei1, jin4 zhu1 zhe3 chi4 = you resemble the people you associate with

赤子之心 cik3 zi2 zi1 sam1 chi4 zi3 zhi1 xin1 = whole-hearted devotion

赤霞珠 cek3 haa4 zyu1 chi4 xia2 zhu1 = Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)

Showing 1 example containing 赤

我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。粵
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.

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