憎 (zang1 | zeng1) : hate; detest; loathe

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

憎

zang1

zeng1

[v] hate; detest; abhor; loathe; abominate

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

憎

Don't confuse with:
增

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

Output this character as a high resolution image

犯眾憎 faan6 zung3 zang1 = cause much offence

愛憎 oi3 zang1 ai4 zeng1 = love and hate

憎恨 zang1 han6 zeng1 hen4 = [v][n] detest; [n] hatred

發憫憎 faat3 man2 zang2 = get fretful 粵

憎惡 zang1 ok3 zeng1 wu4 = abhor, loathe, abominate, animosity

神憎鬼厭 san4 zang1 gwai2 jim3 shen2 zeng1 gui3 yan4 = bothering, disturbing, revolting, sickening

乞人憎 hat1 jan4 zang1 qi3 ren2 zeng1 = despicable 粵

Showing all 5 examples containing 憎

我最憎搭火車㗎嘞粵
I hate to ride on trains.

我最憎包禮物！粵
I hate wrapping up presents!

我好憎湊細蚊仔粵 ?!
I hate looking after brats.
[Lit. I very hate look-after little-mosquitoes.]

捉棋嘅時候最憎人係度依牙鬆槓粵
It irritates me when people around me are giving all sorts of comments while I am playing chess.

一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

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.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1245/]憎[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1245/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">憎</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 憎
Unicode code for this character: U+618E (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum