歉 (him3 hip3 | qian4) : poor harvest; apology

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歉

him3 hip3

qian4

(him3) poor harvest; crop failure
(hip3) apology; regret

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 欠 (#76)

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

歉

This word has been viewed 3565 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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道歉 dou6 hip3 dao4 qian4 = to apologise; to apologize

抱歉 pou5 hip3 bao4 qian4 = regretful; apologetic; to feel sorry; remorseful

歉意 hip3 ji3 qian4 yi4 = apology; regret

歉收 him3 sau1 = poor harvest

致歉 zi3 hip3 zhi4 qian4 = to apologize / to express regret

以豐補歉 ji5 fung1 bou2 him3 yi3 feng1 bu3 qian4 = use high-yield areas to support low-yield areas; collect and store in the fat years to make up for the lean ones

歉疚 hip3 gau3 qian4 jiu4 = guilt-ridden

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Decimal representation of this word: 歉
Unicode code for this character: U+6b49 (off-site link)

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