吔 (jaa1 | ye3) : [Cantonese] [n] cry of pain

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吔

jaa1

ye3

[Cantonese] [n] cry of pain

吔 is sometimes also used for 喫 (jaak3).

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

吔

This word has been viewed 4301 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Mar 2010 02:13

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吔飯 jaak3 faan6 ye1 fan4 = to eat 粵

哎吔 ai1 jaa1 = Aiya! ; a sort of 粵

哎吔吔 aai1 jaa1 jaa1 = variant of "Aiya!" (哎吔)

吔吔聲 jaa1 jaa1 seng1 = a sound for a cry of pain

吔吔烏 jaa4 jaa4 wu1 = poor quality; amateurish; inferior

哎吔老豆 ai1 jaa1 lou5 dau6 = some kind of daddy

威吔 wai1 jaa1*2 = a wire (as a loanword); a wire rope 粵

吊威吔 diu3 wai1 jaa1*2 = fly by wire 粵

Showing 1 example containing 吔

哎吔，我唔記得咗買橙返嚟添！粵
Oh, I have forgotten to buy some oranges.

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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: 吔
Unicode code for this character: U+5414 (off-site link)

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