忌 (gei6 | ji4) : envy; fear; avoid

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忌

gei6

ji4

[1] envy; be jealous of
[2] fear; dread; scruple
[3] avoid; shun; abstain from
[4] death anniversary

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

忌

This word has been viewed 6998 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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忌廉 gei6 lim4*1 = cream

妒忌 dou3 gei6 du4 ji4 = jealous

猜忌 caai1 gei6 cai1 ji4 = jealous suspicion

忌食 gei6 sik6 = avoid eating sth

威士忌 wai1 si6 gei6*2 wei1 shi4 ji4 = whisky

波本威士忌 bo1 bun2 wai1 si6 gei6*2 = bourbon

避忌 bei6 gei6 bi4 ji4 = be discreet; put under a taboo

棹忌 zaau6 gei6 = (mild expletive) damn; what bad luck; terrible 粵

忌妒 gei6 dou3 ji4 du5 = to be jealous of; envy

忌恨 gei6 han6 ji4 hen4 = hate (due to envy, etc)
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要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

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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: 忌
Unicode code for this character: U+5fcc (off-site link)

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