昧 (mui6 mei6 | mei4) : ignorant of; conceal; dim

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昧

mui6 mei6

mei4

[粵] mui6 [國] mei4
[1] ignorant of; unaware of; hazy
[2] conceal; ignore; go against
[3] dim; dark; obscure

[粵] mei6
dive; go underwater | [synonym] 潛

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

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

昧

This word has been viewed 3199 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Nov 2009 08:55

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愚昧 jyu4 mui6 yu2 mei4 = ignorant

曖昧 oi2 mui6 ai4 mei4 = ambiguous; dubious

暗昧 am3 mui6 an4 mei4 = dim; dusky; faint; ignorant; indefinite; indistinct; obscure; shadowy

愚昧無知 jyu4 mui6 mou4 zi1 yu2 mei4 wu2 zhi1 = ignorant

昧水 mei6 seoi2 = to dive 粵

冒昧 mou6 mui6 mao4 mei4 = bold, presumptuous; to take the liberty of

三昧 saam1 mui6 san1 mei4 = samadhi

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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: 昧
Unicode code for this character: U+6627 (off-site link)

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