仇 (sau4 cau4 kau4 | chou2 qiu2) : hatred; enmity; animosity; enemy

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仇

sau4 cau4 kau4

chou2 qiu2

[粵] sau4 cau4 | [國] chou2
[1] hatred; enmity; animosity
[2] enemy; foe; rival

[粵] kau4 | [國] qiu2
a Chinese family name

For the "hatred/enemy" meaning, 讎 is sometimes used as a variant form. Jyutping sau4 is standard reading; cau4 is variant reading.

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

仇

This word has been viewed 8408 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Sep 2013 02:08

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報仇 bou3 sau4 bao4 chou2 = revenge

復仇 fuk6 sau4 fu4 chou2 = revenge

恩將仇報 jan1 zoeng1 sau4 bou3 en1 jiang1 chou2 bao4 = ungrateful

仇恨 sau4 han6 chou2 hen4 = hatred; hostility; enmity; animosity

仇視 sau4 si6 = be hostile to; regard as an enemy

仇家 sau4 gaa1 = one's enemy

世仇 sai3 sau4 shi4 chou2 = feud

仇人 sau4 jan4 = an enemy; a rival

仇口 sau4 hau2 = enmity; hatred; spite

仇敵 sau4 dik6 chou2 di2 = enemy
See all 20 compounds (CantoDict reports 16 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 仇

我同你冇仇噃，點解次次省波餅我食呢？粵
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time?
[Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]

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Decimal representation of this word: 仇
Unicode code for this character: U+4ec7 (off-site link)

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