Chinese Character 脷 (lei6 | ) : tongue

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脷
lei6
tongue 舌 [sit6] was the original word that means “tongue”. But 舌 is pronounced exactly like 蝕 “suffering loss”, which is considered as inauspicious. The very opposite of “suffering loss” is “earning profit”, which is 利 in Chinese. So the word 脷, pronounced exactly as 利, is coined to replace 舌. Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing only 粵 Stroke count: 11 Level: 2 Radical: 肉 (#130)
脷
This character was last edited on 20th Jul 2007
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龍脷 lung4 lei6*2 long2 li4 = sole (fish, also 龍利) 豬脷 zyu1 lei6 = [n] pork tongue 鴨脷 aap3 lei6 = a sharp knife (lit., "duck tongue") 鴨脷洲 aap3 lei6 zau1 = Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island, the most densely populated island in the world) 黐脷根 ci1 lei6 gan1 = to lisp 開口夾著脷 hoi1 hau2 gaap3 zyu3 lei6 = say something that causes pain or embarrassment粵開口及着脷 hoi1 hau2 kap6 zoek6 lei6 = put one's foot in one's mouth粵
Showing 1 example containing 脷佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵 edit Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 脷
Unicode code for this character: U+8137 (off-site link)

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