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haau2 kiu2
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[1] skillful; adept; clever [2] opportune; coincidental [3] cunning; deceitful; artful 1. For all meanings, Jyutping haau2 is the standard reading.
2. For the meanings of "skillful" and "opportune", kiu2 is often used as the colloquial variant. In such case, some dictionaries might use 蹺 instead of 巧.  Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: 工 (#48)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 9788 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jun 2014 10:41 |
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巧克力
haau2 hak1 lik6 = chocolate (Mandarin transliteration) 國
巧合
haau2 hap6 = coincidence
正巧
zing3 haau2 = just by chance; just happened to
技巧
gei6 haau2 = skill; technique
精巧
zing1 haau2 = exquisite, fine
湊巧
cau3 haau2 = luckily; fortunately
巧妙
haau2 miu6 = clever; ingenious
恰巧
hap1 haau2 = by coincidence; fortunately
不巧
bat1 haau2 = unfortunately 國
花巧
faa1 haau2 = sharp; fancySee all 32 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum) |
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Legend 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: 巧
Unicode code for this character: U+5de7 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 巧
Unicode code for this character: U+5de7 (off-site link)
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