喱 (lei1 | li2) : [measure] grain

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喱

lei1

li2

[measure] grain - an old unit for measuring weight, equal to 0.065 gram, alternatively transliterated as 格令

This character is mostly used to transliterate English nouns.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

喱

This word has been viewed 3692 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jan 2011 04:00

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咖喱 gaa3 lei1 ga1 li2 = curry

茄喱啡 ke1 le1 fe1 = an extra; an unimportant person 粵

咕喱 gu1 lei1 = coolie; manual labourers

喱士 lei1 si6*2 = loanword for "lace" (also 厘士)

啫喱 ze1 lei1*2 = jelly 粵

咖喱麵 gaa3 lei1 min6 = Curry Mee

烏喱單刀 wu1 lei1 daan1 dou1 = in a complete mess, disorder, chaos, muddle 粵

烏喱馬扠 wu1 lei1 maa5 caa5 = messily written; illegible and sloppy 粵

阿喱 aa3 lei1 = a pickpocket 粵

咖喱卜 gaa3 lei1 buk1 = curry puff

Showing 1 example containing 喱

等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪咁耍家先！粵
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.

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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: 喱
Unicode code for this character: U+55b1 (off-site link)

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