奪 (dyut6 | duo2) : seize; compete; deprive; decide

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奪

dyut6

duo2

[1] seize; snatch; take by force
[2] compete/contend/strive for
[3] deprive; abolish; lose
[4] decide; determine; settle
[5] (of words in texts) be left out

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 大 (#37)

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

奪 / 夺

This word has been viewed 6737 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Mar 2011 09:56

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奪得 dyut6 dak1 duo2 de2 = win; carry off

爭奪 zang1 dyut6 zheng1 duo2 = to fight over; to contest; to vie over

奪取 dyut6 ceoi2 duo2 qu3 = to snatch; to seize; to grab; to wrest; to take by force

剝奪 mok1 dyut6 bo1 duo2 = [1] deprive; [2] expropriate; [2] strip (of)

肥奪奪 fei4 dyut6*1 dyut6*1 = somewhat fat; chubby 粵

剝奪人權的 mok1 dyut6 jan4 kyun4 dik1 bo1 duo2 ren2 quan2 de5 = [adj] proscriptive 國

掠奪 loek6 dyut6 = to ransack, rob, plunder

截奪 zit6 dyut6 jie2 duo2 = intercept

奪命 dyut6 ming6 duo2 ming4 = a life plucked away; a life taken away by force

奪冠 dyut6 gun3 duo2 guan4 = to win first place; to capture the championship
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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: 奪
Unicode code for this character: U+596a (off-site link)

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