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  luk6   jyutping
  liu4   pinyin
six

is a variant of in "full form", used in certain formal settings such as when dealing with currency.
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: (#12)

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

This word has been viewed 11025 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Oct 2014 05:11

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detail  sing1 kei4 luk6  xing1 qi1 liu4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 liu4 (Taiwan) = Saturday
detail  luk6 jyut6  liu4 yue4 = June
detail  luk6 sap6  liu4 shi2 = sixty
detail  lai5 baai3 luk6  li3 bai4 liu4 = Saturday
detail  dai6 luk6 sap6  di4 liu4 shi2 = sixtieth
detail  luk6 go3 zi6   = thirty minutes (also 半 in telling time)
detail  ng5 ngaan4 luk6 sik1   = multi-coloured, colorful, motley
detail  luk6 gok3 kut3 hou6   = "six corner" brackets
detail  cin4 sei3 hau6 luk6   = 10 weeks maternity leave
detail  zau1 luk6  zhou1 liu4 = Saturday
See all 68 compounds (CantoDict reports 98 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 六
detail audio
I am six feet tall.
detail audio 一分六十
There are sixty seconds in a minute.
detail audio 一小時六十分鐘
There are sixty minutes in an hour.
detail audio 五顏六色
He is seriously ill.
detail 聽朝點鐘開工所以今晚唔可以行公司
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
detail 筆錢拖欠
The payment has been six months in arrears.
[Where Cantonese language uses a concrete word (拖欠) with substantial meaning as the verb, English language uses two function words (has been) as the verb. ]
detail 雖然三十六板斧唔夠犀利
Although he put in all that he knew, he could not match up with you.

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: 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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