咸 (haam4 | xian2) : all; altogether

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咸

haam4

xian2

[1] all; altogether; alike
[2] simplified form of 鹹

Stroke count: 9

Level: 4

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

咸

Don't confuse with:
戚威成

This word has been viewed 6515 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:51

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咸濕 haam4 sap1 = smutty; pornographic 粵

咸濕公 haam4 sap1 gung1 = a vulgar man 粵

咸濕佬 haam4 sap1 lou2 = a vulgar man 粵

咸豐年 haam4 fung1 nin4 xian2 feng1 nian2 = of old, many years ago

咸豐年咁耐 haam4 fung1 nin4 gam3 noi6 xian2 feng1 nian2 han2 nai4 = a long time ago; very old; many years ago 粵

雲咸街 wan4 haam4 gaai1 yun2 xian2 jie1 = Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong

咸豐 haam4 fung1 xian2 feng1 = Xianfeng (place in Hubei)

咸陽 haam4 joeng4 xian2 yang2 = Xianyang (city in Shaanxi)

咸陽地區 haam4 joeng4 dei6 keoi1 xian2 yang2 di4 qu1 = Xianyang district (district in Shaanxi)

咸寧 haam4 ning4 xian2 ning2 = Xianning (city in Hubei), Ham Ning
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Showing all 2 examples containing 咸

以前有個經理咸濕佢粵
There was a manager who sexually harassed him before.
[Lit. before have [counter] manager sexually-harrass him]

咸豐年前嘅事你重攞嚟講粵
You are still bringing up things that happened so many years ago

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 咸
Unicode code for this character: U+54b8 (off-site link)

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