罄 (hing3 | qing4) : exhaust, use up

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罄

hing3

qing4

exhaust, use up

Stroke count: 17

Level: 4

Radical: 缶 (#121)

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

罄

This word has been viewed 2819 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 27th Jan 2010 14:25

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罄竹難書 hing3 zuk1 naan4 syu1 qing4 zhu2 nan2 shu1 = committed many crimes

罄盡 hing3 zeon6 qing4 jin4 = with nothing left, all used up

售罄 sau6 hing3 shou4 qing4 = sold out

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呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.

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Decimal representation of this word: 罄
Unicode code for this character: U+7f44 (off-site link)

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