奀 (ngan1 an1 | en1) : skinny; puny; small; meagre

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奀

ngan1 an1

en1

[1] skinny; puny [2] small (quantity); meagre (salary)

1. The character 奀 is formed by two graphic components 不大 which means "not big", hence "small".
2. Jyutping ngan1 is standard reading; an1 is variant.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 大 (#37)

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

奀

This word has been viewed 6835 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Oct 2013 10:40

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奀皮 ngan1 pei4 = naughty; mischievous 粵

阿奀 aa3 ngan1 = a thin and small person (generally a child); an emaciated, feeble person 粵

激奀 gik1 ngan1 = to drive sb crazy; to be completely irritated 粵

奀黐黐 an1 ci1 ci1 = thin 粵

奀支支 an1 zi1 zi1 = thin 粵

奀瘦 ngan1 sau3 ; an1 sau3 = skinny, thin, slight 粵

奀挑鬼命 ngan1 tiu1 gwai2 meng6 = extremely skinny and frail 粵

老奀茄 lou5 ngan1 ke4*2 lao3 en1 qie2 = a child that is rather small compared to others his age, yet talks and acts far above his age 粵

奀星 ngan1 sing1 en1 xing1 = a relatively unknown movie star 粵

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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: 奀
Unicode code for this character: U+5940 (off-site link)

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