叵 (po2 | po3) : impossibly; at once

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叵

po2

po3

[1] impossibly; improbably; unpredictably
[2] at once; right away; thereupon

Stroke count: 5

Level: 4

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

叵 / 叵

This word has been viewed 2893 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 24th Jul 2008 21:57 and last edited on 21st Jun 2015 15:00

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金叵羅 gam1 bo1 lo4*1 jin1 po3 luo2 = doted; most precious (lit., "golden cups") 粵

叵測 po2 cak1 po3 ce4 = unfathomable, unpredictable

叵耐 po2 noi6 po3 nai4 = (archaic) to have no love for; to despise; to be unable to abide

居心叵測 geoi1 sam1 po2 cak1 ju1 xin1 po3 ce4 = having malicious intent

人心叵測 jan4 sam1 po2 cak1 ren2 xin1 po3 ce4 = man's heart is incomprehensible

心懷叵測 sam1 waai4 po2 cak1 xin1 huai2 po3 ce4 = have evil intentions

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佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。粵
His youngest son is his most precious.

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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: 叵
Unicode code for this character: U+53f5 (off-site link)

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