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ngau1
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[1] tick off; cross out; check; strike off [2] delineate; sketch; trace out [3] gang up with; collude/collaborate with [4] evoke; remind; awaken [5] seduce; entice; lure [1] [v] manage [2] business; affairs variant Cantonese pronunciations: au1, gau1 (literary, original)
 Stroke count: 4
Level: 3
Radical: 勹 (#20)
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| This character was last edited on 29th Apr 2008 | |
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勾結
ngau1 git3 = [1] collude with; [2] collaborate with; [3] gang up with
掛勾
gwaa3 ngau1 = hook
生勾勾
saang1 ngau1 ngau1 = alive
勾引
ngau1 jan5 = to entice
勾手指
ngau1 sau2 zi2 = holding hands (lit., "linking fingers")
勾佬
ngau1 lou2 = to move through men like a hot knife through butter; to be slutty; promiscuous; to be disrespectful of men粵
勾畫
ngau1 waak6 = draw the outline of, delineate, sketch
勾當
ngau1 dong3 = (shady) business; deal
勾三擸四
ngau1 saam1 laap3 sei3 = DELETE: should be 勾三搭四粵
勾三搭四
ngau1 saam1 daap3 sei3 = to have sexual relations; to engage in love affairsSee all 11 compounds |
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Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 勾
Unicode code for this character: U+52fe (off-site link)
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Unicode code for this character: U+52fe (off-site link)
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