孽 (jip6 jit6 | nie4) : evil; demon; son of concubine; unfaithful

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孽

jip6 jit6

nie4

[1] [n] evil; sin; calamity
[2] [n] demon; monster
[3] [n] son of a concubine
[4] [adj] unfaithful; treacherous

Jyutping jip6 is standard reading; jit6 is colloquial. Please refer to [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 20

Level: 3

Radical: 子 (#39)

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

孽

This word has been viewed 3549 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th May 2013 01:00

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妖孽 jiu2 jip6 yao1 nie4 = evildoer; evil omens

餘孽 jyu4 jip6 yu2 nie4 = remaining evil element; hated relics

作孽 zok3 jip6 zuo4 nie4 = behave badly; do evil; commit a sin

孽種 jip6 zung2 nie4 zhong3 = the devil of the family; bring bad luck

罪孽深重 zeoi6 jip6 sam1 zung6 zui4 nie4 shen1 zhong4 = sinful; extremely wicked

罪孽 zeoi6 jit6 zui4 nie4 = sin; iniquity

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Decimal representation of this word: 孽
Unicode code for this character: U+5b7d (off-site link)

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