滾 (gwan2 kwan2 | gun3 gun4) : boiled

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滾

gwan2 kwan2

gun3 gun4

[1] [v] turn round and round; roll; rotate [2] boiling, boil, boiled

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

滾 / 滚

Don't confuse with:
滖

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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火滾 fo2 gwan2 = infuriating 粵

滾熱辣 gwan2 jit6 laat6 = piping hot 粵

滾水 gwan2 seoi2 = boiling water; boiled water 粵

滾開 gwan2 hoi1 = scram; get away; get out; beat it.

滾筒 gwan2 tung4*2 gun3 tong2 = a roller

去滾 heoi3 gwan2 = adulterous man looking for women and party 粵

瓜無滾圓,人無十全 gwaa1 mou4 gwan2 jyun4 jan4 mou4 sap6 cyun4 gua1 wu2 gun3 yuan2 ren2 wu2 shi2 quan2 = Nothing is perfect

打滾 daa2 gwan2 da3 gun3 = roll about; wallow; flounder; sway

灑灑滾 saa2*4 saa2*4 gwan2 = somebody not being stable

橋樑滾子 kiu4 loeng4 gwan2 zi2 qiao2 liang2 gun3 zi5 = bridge rollers
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Showing all 2 examples containing 滾

水去到一百度就會滾。粵
Water boils at one hundred degree (Celcius).

麻煩你畀杯白滾水我粵
I'd have to trouble you for a glass of plain water

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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.
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Decimal representation of this word: 滾
Unicode code for this character: U+6EFE (off-site link)

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