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  haak1 hak1   jyutping
  he4   pinyin
[1] conspicuous; grand; distinguished
[2] angry; indignant


Jyutping hak1 is literary reading; haak1 is colloquial. The latter is much more popular.
adjective
Stroke count: 14
Level: 3
Radical: (#155)

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

This word has been viewed 3356 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Mar 2011 01:08

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detail  haak1 haak1  he4 he4 = illustrious; very impressive
detail  hin2 haak1  xian3 he4 = celebrated; eminent; illustrious
detail  nei4 hak1 lou5  ni2 he4 lu3 = Nehru
detail  hak1 zoeng1  he4 zhang1 = Hezhang (place in Guizhou)
detail  laa1 hak1 maan6 nei4 nok6 fu1  la1 he4 man4 ni2 nuo4 fu1 = Rachmaninoff
detail  baa1 hak1  ba1 he4 = Bach
detail -  naap6 gwo1 ji5 nok6 kaa1 laai1 baa1 hak1  na4 ge1 er3 nuo4 ka3 la1 ba1 he4 = Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Showing 1 example containing 赫
detail 呢度住客穿著禮服為主顯赫
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]
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