冚 (ham6 kam2 | kan3) : all; raid; cover; slap

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冚

ham6 kam2

kan3

(ham6) all, whole, everyone

(kam2) [1] (police) raid on illegal dens
[2] a cover, lid; to cover
[3] to slap; hit with the palms

nasal-stop alternants: 闔 [hap6], 扱 [kap1]

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 冖 (#14)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

冚

This word has been viewed 12554 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jan 2014 03:24

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禾稈冚珍珠 wo4 gon2 kam2 zan1 zyu1 = to pretend to be poor; to hide one’s true wealth; lit. rice stalks covering pearls 粵

床冚 cong4 kam2 chuang2 kan3 = bedspread; bedcover 粵

冚唪呤 ham6 baang6 laang6 = all; altogether 粵

冚波 kam2 bo1 kan3 bo1 = to smash the ball 粵

冚家 ham6 gaa1 = whole family 粵

冚檔 kam2 dong3 = to go bankrupt; to raid (especially in places where illegal activities occur) 粵

冚檔呀! kam2 dong3 aa1! = [interj] "Raid!" (warning people that the police are raiding the premises) 粵

冚旗 kam2 kei4 = to die (of a policeman); to cover the "for hire" sign on a taxi 粵

冚國旗 kam2 gwok3 kei4 = to die (of a police officer) 粵

冚住 kam2 zyu6 = to cover 粵
See all 26 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 冚

我哋去到嗰陣﹐場面十分墟冚。粵
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.

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Decimal representation of this word: 冚
Unicode code for this character: U+519a (off-site link)

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