梟 (hiu1 | xiao1) : owl; valiant

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梟

hiu1

xiao1

[1] [n] owl
[2] [adj] valiant; reckless
[3] [n] head of an illegal ring

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

梟 / 枭

This word has been viewed 4783 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 12th Jul 2009 08:25 and last edited on 27th Sep 2012 04:31

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毒梟 duk6 hiu1 du2 xiao1 = drug lord or kingpin; big time drug dealer

梟雄 hiu1 hung4 xiao1 xiong2 = ambitious and ruthless character; formidable person

梟匪 hiu1 fei2 xiao1 fei3 = drug smugglers, smugglers of narcotics

鹽梟 jim4 hiu1 yan2 xiao1 = a person who makes a living by selling smuggled salt

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毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.

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Decimal representation of this word: 梟
Unicode code for this character: U+689f (off-site link)

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