奸 (gaan1 | jian1) : crafty; disloyal; selfish; adulterous

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奸

gaan1

jian1

[1] crafty; evil; wicked [2] disloyal; traitorous; conspiratory [3] selfish; unscrupulous; profiteering [4] adulterous; fornicatory; licentious

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

奸

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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奸夫 gaan1 fu1 = adulterer (lit, "false husband")

奸狡 gaan1 gaau2 = crafty; sly

朋比為奸 pang4 bei3 wai4 gaan1 peng2 bi3 wei2 jian1 = to conspire; to gang up

漢奸 hon3 gaan1 han4 jian1 = a traitor to China

奸詐 gaan1 zaa3 jian1 zha4 = crafty; sly; treacherous; fraudulent

奸笑 gaan1 siu3 jian1 xiao4 = evil smile; sinister smile

內奸 noi6 gaan1 = an informant

奸仔 gaan1 zai2 = a mean or wicked person

奸賴 gaan1 laai6*3 = to be dishonest, cunning, tricky 粵

奸人 gaan1 jan4 jian1 ren2 = a mean or wicked person

奸鬼 gaan1 gwai2 = sly; cunning; crafty

奸險 gaan1 him2 = crafty and wicked

奸官 gaan1 gun1 jian1 guan1 = a treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state

奸民 gaan1 man4 jian1 min2 = a scoundrel; a villain

奸徒 gaan1 tou4 jian1 tu2 = a crafty villain

狼狽為奸 long4 bui3 wai4 gaan1 lang2 bei4 wei2 jian1 = act in collusion (or cahoots) with each other

奸臣 gaan1 gan4 jian1 chen2 = a treacherous court official

奸商 gaan1 soeng1 jian1 shang1 = profiteer

奸爸爹 gaan1 baa1 de1 = do your best 粵

儆惡懲奸 ging2 ok3 cing4 gaan1 jin3 e4 cheng2 jian1 = warn people to refrain from doing evil and punish the wicked

姑息養奸 gu1 sik1 joeng5 gaan1 gu1 xi1 yang3 jian1 = toleration nurtures evildoers

奸佞 gaan1 ning6 jian1 ning4 = cunning and flattering

Showing all 2 examples containing 奸

班山賊奸淫擄掠無惡不作
The gang of bandits rapes and pillages, and commits all kinds of atrocities.

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

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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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Unicode code for this character: U+5978 (off-site link)

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