滑 (waat6 gwat1 | hua2 gu3) : smooth, slippery; slide

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滑

waat6 gwat1

hua2 gu3

[1] [v] slip; slide; glide [2] smooth; slippery [3] insincere; dishonest; cunning1

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

滑

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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滑浪 waat6 long6 = to surf, surfing

滑板 waat6 baan2 hua2 ban3 = skateboard

滑道 waat6 dou6 hua2 dao4 = slide 國

滑地小心 waat6 dei6 siu2 sam1 = slippery floor, be careful!

滑鼠 waat6 syu2 hua2 shu3 = (computer) mouse

光滑 gwong1 waat6 guang1 hua2 = glossy, sleek, smooth

滑溜 waat6 lau6 hua2 liu1 = slippery

滑落 waat6 lok6 hua2 luo4 = slide

滑水 waat6 seoi2 = waterski

滑雪 waat6 syut3 hua2 xue3 = ski
See all 44 compounds (CantoDict reports 46 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 滑

你啲頭髮好滑呀！粵
Your hair is so smooth!

條路好滑，佢唔小心躀咗一跤粵
The road was very slippery. He wasn't careful and slipped.

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

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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: 滑
Unicode code for this character: U+6ED1 (off-site link)

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