貨 (fo3 | huo4) : goods; products; cargo

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貨

fo3

huo4

[1] [n] goods; commodities; products; freight; cargo [2] money; currency; property [3] [v] bribe; bribery [4] [v] sell [5] used as a term of reviling with an abusive suffix

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

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

貨 / 货

Don't confuse with:
貸貲

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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百貨店 baak3 fo3 dim3 bai3 huo4 dian4 = department store

送貨 sung3 fo3 song4 huo4 = deliver goods

貨車 fo3 ce1 huo4 che1 = lorry (UK); truck (US)

二手貨 ji6 sau2 fo3 er4 shou3 huo4 = second-hand goods

缺貨 kyut3 fo3 que1 huo4 = out of stock

貨物服務稅 fo3 mat6 fuk6 mou6 seoi3 = goods and services tax, GST

水貨 seoi2 fo3 shui3 huo4 = low-quality goods; smuggled goods

雜貨 zaap6 fo3 za2 huo4 = groceries; sundry goods

貨物 fo3 mat6 huo4 wu4 = product; merchandise

貨品 fo3 ban2 = goods; commodity
See all 97 compounds (CantoDict reports 103 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你走到冇雷公咁遠買貨，點為得過呀粵
It is not worth buying goods from such a faraway place.

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Decimal representation of this word: 貨
Unicode code for this character: U+8CA8 (off-site link)

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