弊 (bai6 | bi4) : fraud; disadvantage

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弊

bai6

bi4

[1] fraud; abuse; malpractice
[2] disadvantage; defect; drawback
[3] variant of 𡃇

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 廾 (#55)

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

弊

This word has been viewed 6000 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jun 2011 15:17

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弊病 bai6 beng6 bi4 bing4 = malady

弊端 bai6 dyun1 bi4 duan1 = malpractice

作弊 zok3 bai6 zuo4 bi4 = fraud; to cheat; to plagiarize

利弊 lei6 bai6 li4 bi4 = [n] pluses and minuses; advantages and disadvantages

弊傢伙 bai6 gaa1 fo2 = Oh shit! 粵

弊處 bai6 cyu3 = disadvantage

弊家伙 bai6 gaa1 fo2 = disastrous

弊嘞 bai6 laak3 = My goodness! 粵

弊在 bai6 zoi6 bi4 zai4 = the disadantage is...; the downside is...; the drawback is 粵

弊弊都冇咁弊 bai6*2 bai6 dou1 mou5 gam3 bai6 bi4 bi4 dou1 mao3 han2 bi4 = the worst case senario; the worst possible circumstances; nothing more terrible or lousy than 粵
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弊傢伙,唔記得帶封信添! 粵
Oh shit! I forget to bring along the letter.

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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: 弊
Unicode code for this character: U+5f0a (off-site link)

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