惡 (ok3 wu3 wu1 | e4 wu4 wu1) : evil; vice; bad; fierce; loathe; dislike

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惡

ok3 wu3 wu1

e4 wu4 wu1

[粵] ok3 | [國] e4
[1] [n] evil; vice; wickedness | [antonym] 善
[2] [adj] bad; evil; wicked
[3] [adj] fierce; ferocious; savage

[粵] wu3 | [國] wu4
[v] loathe; dislike; hate

[粵] wu1 | [國] wu1
[1] [pron] what; which; where; how
[2] [interjection] oh; o; ah

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

惡 / 恶

This word has been viewed 14914 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Nov 2013 04:04

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萬惡 maan6 ok3 wan4 e4 = everything that is evil

惡夢 ok3 mung6 e4 meng4 = nightmare

惡性 ok3 sing3 e4 xing4 = malignant; pernicious; vicious

惡有惡報 ok3 jau5 ok3 bou3 e4 you3 e4 bao4 = evil will be repaid with evil; evil has its own retribution

厭惡 jim3 wu3 yan4 wu4 = to loathe

罪惡 zeoi6 ok3 zui4 e4 = sin

兇惡 hung1 ok3 xiong1 e4 = fierce; frightening

醜惡 cau2 ok3 chou3 e4 = ugly; repulsive

惡劣 ok3 lyut3 e4 lie4 = vile

惡化 ok3 faa3 e4 hua4 = worsen
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可惡，究竟係咩事呀。粵
Ugh, what actually happened [just now]?
[This is a common phrase in some TV shows. 可惡 is an interjection meaning "ugh". 究竟係咩事呀 is a shorter form of 究竟係發生咩事呀, so literally we have "ugh, actually is happen what?"]

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]

你唔好咁惡屎能登啦！粵
Don't be so mean!
[The sound recording and the written sentence don't match. The recorder mispronounces 惡 (ok3) as ok6, 屎 (si2) as sei2, and 啦 (laa1) as aa1.]

班山賊奸淫擄掠無惡不作
The gang of bandits rapes and pillages, and commits all kinds of atrocities.

佢啲臭脾氣都幾惡頂粵
His bad temper is quite hard to take.

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Decimal representation of this word: 惡
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