殃 (joeng1 | yang1) : calamity

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

殃

joeng1

yang1

[1] calamity; disaster; misfortune
[2] bring disaster to

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 歹 (#78)

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

殃

This word has been viewed 2623 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Nov 2009 01:10

Output this character as a high resolution image

遭殃 zou1 joeng1 zao1 yang1 = to go through a disaster

災殃 zoi1 joeng1 = a disaster

殃禍 joeng1 wo6 = to bring on disaster

禍國殃民 wo6 gwok3 joeng1 man4 = harm one's country and people

殃及池魚 joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4 yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2 = get the innocent bystanders into trouble

殃及 jeong1 kap6 yang1 ji2 = be implicated in a disaster; bring disaster upon

Showing 1 example containing 殃

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2345/]殃[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2345/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">殃</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 殃
Unicode code for this character: U+6b83 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum