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fai1
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[1] [v] wield (a sword, pen, etc.); move; shake; wave; brandish; make a light or rapid stroke [2] [v] conduct; direct (troop movements, a concert, course of action, etc.) [3] [v] wipe away (sweat, tears, etc) [4] [v] scatter; sprinkle [5] [v] squander (money, etc.) [6] [v] swing (fists) Stroke count: 12
Level: 4
Radical: 扌 (#64)
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 30th Oct 2008 | |
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發揮
faat3 fai1 = to bring into play; to realise
指揮官
zi2 fai1 gun1 = commander
指揮者
zi2 fai1 ze2 = conductor; director
指揮中心
zi2 fai1 zung1 sam1 = command center
執行指揮官
zap1 hang4 zi2 fai1 gun1 = excuting commander
揮舞
fai1 mou5 = to wield, brandish, wave
揮霍
fai1 fok3 = [v] spend money without restraint; squander; [adj] lavish
揮發
fai1 faat3 = volatility; to vaporize
發揮精神
faat3 fai1 zing1 san4 = develop an idea
揮春
fai1 ceon1 = Spring Festival couplets; New Year scrolls 粵See all 14 compounds |
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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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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/770/]揮[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/770/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">揮</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 揮
Unicode code for this character: U+63EE (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/770/]揮[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/770/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">揮</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 揮
Unicode code for this character: U+63EE (off-site link)
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- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.