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  nik6 nik1 niu6   jyutping
  ni4 niao4   pinyin
[] nik6 nik1 | [] [u]ni4
[1] [v] drown
[2] [v] indulge in; be addicted to
[3] [v] neglect (one's duty)

[] niu6 | [] [u]niao4
[v/n] urinate; urine | [variant] 尿


Jyutping nik6 is standard reading; nik1 is variant.
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#85)

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

This word has been viewed 5124 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 7th Dec 2013 10:09

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detail  cing2 nik6   = life saving (lit., "to rescue from drowning")
detail  nik6 sei2   = to drown; to be drowned
detail  nik6 zau2   = to be (have become) an alcoholic
detail  nik6 oi3   = to be exceedingly/too fond of (lit., "drown in love")
detail  nik6 zik1   = to neglect duties
detail  nik6 bai6   = to die (have died) by drowning
detail  nik6 saat3   = to kill (someone) by drowning
detail  cam4 nik6  chen2 ni4 = to indulge in; to wallow
detail  cing2 nik6 wui6*2  zheng3 ni4 hui4 = lifesaving society
detail  jyu6 nik6  yu4 ni4 = drowning, near-drowning, almost got drown
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 11 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)
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