墟 (heoi1 | xu1) : country fair

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墟

heoi1

xu1

[1] country fair/market
[2] ruins; ghost town
[3] village; hamlet

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

墟

This word has been viewed 4413 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Jun 2011 09:45

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墟市 heoi1 si5 = marketplace 粵

廢墟 fai3 heoi1 fei4 xu1 = ruins

趁墟 can3 heoi1 = go to country fair 粵

三個女人一個墟 saam1 go3 neoi5 jan4 jat1 go3 heoi1 = 3 women noisy like a market 粵

趁墟打市 can3 heoi1 daa2 si5 = loot a burning house, take adventage of sb.'s misfortune (lit., "to go to the market, to go to the fair") 粵

墟冚 heoi1 ham6 = crowded and busy 粵

殷墟 jan1 heoi1 jin1 xu1 = Yin ruins

天光墟 tin1 gwong1 heoi1 = Dawn Market 粵

墟咁嘈 heoi1 gam3 cou4 xu1 han2 cao2 = as noisy as the street market; very noisy 粵

大埔墟 daai6 bou3 heoi1 = Tai Po Market
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Showing 1 example containing 墟

我哋去到嗰陣﹐場面十分墟冚。粵
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.

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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: 墟
Unicode code for this character: U+589f (off-site link)

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