忽 (fat1 | hu1) : suddenly; neglect

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忽

fat1

hu1

[1] suddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly
[2] neglect; overlook; ignore
[3] now ..., now ...

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

忽

This word has been viewed 7572 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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秒忽 miu5 fat1 = an infinitesmal number

疏忽 so1 fat1 shu1 hu1 = neglect; negligence; to overlook; carelessness

忽略 fat1 loek6 hu1 lve4 = [1] forget about; [2] neglect, leave out by mistake

忽視 fat1 si6 hu1 shi4 = [1] neglect; [2] ignore

忽然 fat1 jin4 hu1 ran2 = suddenly, all of a sudden

不疏忽的 bat1 so1 fat1 dik1 bu4 shu1 hu1 de5 = [adj] observing 國

喊苦喊忽 haam3 fu2 haam3 fat1 = cry baby 粵

忽冷忽熱 fat1 laang5 fat1 jit6 = sometimes sweet talk, sometimes cold

玩忽職守 wun6 fat1 zik1 sau2 wan2 hu1 zhi2 shou3 = dereliction of duty

飄忽 piu1 fat1 piao1 hu1 = 1. ephemeral; move swiftly; here on moment and gone the next 2. unstationary; always moving
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Showing 1 example containing 忽

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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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: 忽
Unicode code for this character: U+5ffd (off-site link)

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