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lek1 lik1 lak6
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[1] place names [2] [Cantonese] [Hakka] clever; smart; sharp; brilliant; able; good [華]﹕聰明能幹; 出色; 有本事; 很棒 Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 13th Nov 2008 | |
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叻埠
lik1 fau6 = Singapore
叻仔
lek1 zai2 = shrewd operator, a smart guy; used to criticize someone like "smart alec!" 粵
叻女
lek1 neoi5*2 = a clever girl, a clever young woman; a lesbian 粵
士叻
si6 lek1; si6 lik1 = shellac (lek1: as a loanword); slick (lik1: as a loanword, also 士力)
認叻
jing6 lek1 = to boast about oneself 粵
精叻
zeng1 lek1 = astute, clever 粵
爛叻
laan6*2 lek1 = to pretentiously act as if oneself were clever 粵
叻沙
lak6 saa1 = laksa, a spicy Chinese-Malay noodle soup
好叻
hou2 lek1 = "cool" (i.e., characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever) 粵 |
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Showing 1 example containing 叻
佢梗係唔及得你叻啦！ 粵
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He is definitely not as clever as you. Legend 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: 叻
Unicode code for this character: U+53fb (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 叻
Unicode code for this character: U+53fb (off-site link)
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