唞 (tau2 | tou3) : rest; catch one's breath

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唞

tau2

tou3

rest; catch one's breath

[variant] 㪗

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

唞

This word has been viewed 9998 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jan 2011 13:22

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早唞 zou2 tau2 = good night; drop dead 粵

唞氣 tau2 hei3 tou4 qi4 = take a breath 粵

有氣冇埞唞 jau5 hei3 mou5 deng6 tau2 = to be extremely busy; to be out of breath 粵

走夾唔唞 zau2 gaap3 m4 tau2 = to hurry along 粵

唞啖氣 tau2 daam6 hei3 tou3 dan4 qi4 = draw a breath 粵

唞大氣 tau2 daai6 hei3 = to pant; to gasp; to take a breather 粵

唞暑 tau2 syu2 dou3 shu3 = of horse racing to take a summer hiatus 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: 唞
Unicode code for this character: U+551e (off-site link)

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