厭 (jim3 | yan4) : fed up with; disgusted with

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厭

jim3

yan4

[1] [v] be fed up with; be bored with; be tired of
[2] [v] be disgusted with; detest; dislike
[3] [adj] satisfied; satiated; having enough

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 厂 (#27)

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

厭 / 厌

This word has been viewed 10430 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Mar 2011 13:43

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討厭 tou2 jim3 tao3 yan4 = loathe; disagreeable; annoying

厭惡 jim3 wu3 yan4 wu4 = to loathe

百厭 baak3 jim3 bai3 yan4 = naughty 粵

不厭 bat1 jim3 bu4 yan4 = not mind doing sth; not tire of; not object to 國

討人厭 tou2 jan4 jim3 tao3 ren2 yan4 = to cause others to dislike (oneself) 國

厭煩 jim3 faan4 yan4 fan2 = be fed up with

厭惡的 jim3 wu3 dik1 ya4 wu4 de5 = abhorrent 國

貪新厭舊 taam1 san1 jim3 gau6 tan1 xin1 yan4 jiu4 = like the new but not the old stuff

百厭星 baak3 jim3 sing1 = thoroughly naughty child 粵

厭倦 jim3 gyun6 yan4 juan4 = dreary; to tired of; to be weary of

厭女症 jim3 neoi5*2 zing3 yan4 nv3 zheng4 = misogyny

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

貪得無厭 taam1 dak1 mou4 jim3 tan1 de2 wu2 yan4 = have insatiable greed

做嗰行，厭嗰行 zou6 go2 hong4 jim3 go2 hong4 zuo4 ge3 hang2 yan4 ge3 hang2 = become tired of one's profession 粵

厭食症 jim3 sik6 zing3 = anorexia

兵不厭詐 bing1 bat1 jim3 zaa3 bing2 bu4*2 yan4 zha4 = "All's fair in war."

百聽不厭 baak3 ting1 bat1 jim3 bai3 ting1 bu4 yan4 = very interesting (to listen); worth hearing numerous times

裒斂無厭 pau4 lim5 mou4 jim3 pou2 lian3 [PRC] lian4 [TW]wu2 yan4 = be insatiably rapacious in fleecing the people of their wealth

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我最討厭包禮物了！國
I hate wrapping up presents!

我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用嘅傳單﹐實在討厭。粵
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance.
[In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]

我食公仔麵食到厭。粵
I'm fed up with the eating of instant noodles.
[Very often, the same verb (食) has to be used twice when there are both an object (公仔麵) and an extent particle (到) in a sentence. ]

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