胃 (wai6 | wei4) : stomach

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胃

wai6

wei4

stomach; gastric

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

胃

This word has been viewed 7734 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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醒胃 sing2 wai6 = appetising, appetizing 粵

胃痛 wai6 tung3 wei4 tong4 = stomachache; gastralgia

開胃菜 hoi1 wai6 coi3 = starter; appetizer

胃口 wai6 hau2 = appetite; liking

開胃 hoi1 wai6 = have a good appetite 粵

反胃 faan2 wai6 fan3 wei4 = feel sick to stomach; feel queasy; disgusting; nausea causing

胃火 wai6 fo2 = overactivity of the stomach

胃病 wai6 beng6 = a stomach ache, stomach trouble

胃液 wai6 jik6 wei4 yi4 (Taiwan), wei4 ye4 (PRC) = gastric juice

腸胃道 coeng4 wai6 dou6 chang2 wei4 dao4 = gut
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Showing all 2 examples containing 胃

食酸嘢好醒胃粵
Sour food improves one's appetite.

佢胃唔好痛到喺張床度捵嚟捵去粵
He has gastritis; it hurts so much that he tosses and turns on his bed.

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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: 胃
Unicode code for this character: U+80c3 (off-site link)

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