臘 (laap6 | la4 lie4) : salted and smoked meat

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臘

laap6

la4 lie4

[1] sacrifice at the end of the lunar year [2] the end of the lunar year [3] salted and smoked meat, fish, chicken, etc. [4] the age of a Buddhist monk

Stroke count: 19

Level: 4

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

臘 / 腊

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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臘腸 laap6 coeng4*2 la4 chang2 = Cantonese pork sausage

臘腸狗 laap6 coeng4*2 gau2 la4 chang2 gou3 = sausage dog

希臘 hei1 lip6/laap6 xi1 la4 = Greece

臘味 laap6 mei6*2 la4 wei4 = cured/dried meat; preserved meat

臘肉 laap6 juk6 = salted and dried meat

吊臘鴨 diu3 laap6 aap3 = hanging

燒臘 siu1 laap6 = collective name for all dried and preserved meat and fish

髮臘 faat3 laap6 = hair wax

紅臘 hung4 laap6 = red seabream

古希臘 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 gu3 xi1 la4 = ancient Greece
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結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

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Decimal representation of this word: 臘
Unicode code for this character: U+81D8 (off-site link)

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