糗 (jau2 | qiu3) : surname; dry rations; embarrassment

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糗

jau2

qiu3

[1] Surname Qiu
[2] dry rations (for a journey)
[2] (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
[3] (slang) embarrassing/embarrassment

Stroke count: 16

Level: 4

Radical: 米 (#119)

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

糗

This word has been viewed 3434 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 26th Apr 2014 20:11

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糗大了 jau2 daai6 liu5 qiu3 da4 le5 = to make a fool of oneself 國

糗糒 jau2 bei6 qiu2 bei4 = food for a journey 國

飯糗茹草 faan6 jau2 jyu4 cou2 fan4 qiu3 ru2 cao3 = live in abject poverty 國

糗事 jau2 si6 qiu3 shi4 = awkward incident 國

出糗 ceot1 jau2 chu1 qiu3 = to have something embarrassing happen 國

糗糧 jau2 loeng4 qiu3 liang2 = dry rations 國

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 糗
Unicode code for this character: U+7cd7 (off-site link)

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