嘔 (au2 | ou3) : vomit

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嘔

au2

ou3

vomit; throw up; puke

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

嘔 / 呕

This word has been viewed 7181 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Dec 2013 13:48

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作嘔 zok3 au2 zuo4 ou3 = nauseous

令人作嘔 ling6 jan4 zok3 au2 ling4 ren2 zuo4 ou3 = nauseating, to make one sick

嘔心 au2 sam1 ou3 xin1 = to exert one's utmost effort; disgusting

嘔吐 au2 tou3 ou3 tu4 = to vomit

嘔吐物 au2 tou3 mat6 ou3 tu4 wu4 = [n] vomit

嘔電 au2 din6 = vomiting electricity (anger) (also 吐血)

嘔浪 au2 long6 = seasick

又屙又嘔 jau6 ngo1 jua6 au2 you4 e1 you4 ou3 = have diarrea and vomit; to have the runs and puke 粵

嘔奶 au2 naai5 ou3 nai3 = (of a baby) to throw up milk 粵

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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: 嘔
Unicode code for this character: U+5614 (off-site link)

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