獵 (lip6 | lie4) : hunt; chase

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獵

lip6

lie4

[v] hunt; chase; field sports

Stroke count: 18

Level: 4

Radical: 犬 (#94)

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

獵 / 猎

This word has been viewed 5295 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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打獵 daa2 lip6 da3 lie4 = go hunting

獵頭公司 lip6 tau4 gung1 si1 = headhunter (for a company)

偷獵 tau1 lip6 tou1 lie4 = to poach; hunt illegally

偷獵者 tau1 lip6 ze2 tou1 lie4 zhe3 = poacher (one who hunts illegally)

灰獵犬 fui1 lip6 hyun2 hui1 lie4 quan3 = greyhound

獵槍 lip6 coeng1 = shotgun

獵物 lip6 mat6 lie4 wu4 = [n] prey, quarry

獵食者 lip6 sik6 ze2 = a predator

獵鷹 lip6 jing1 lie4 ying1 = a falcon

獵人 lip6 jan4 lie4 ren2 = hunter , huntsman
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獵豹唔可以做寵物㗎！粵
You can't keep a cheetah as a pet!
[Lit. cheetah cannot do pet [particle]]

獵豹係世界上跑得最快嘅動物粵
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.
[Lit. cheetah is world-on run-manner most fast [possessive particle] animal]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

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Decimal representation of this word: 獵
Unicode code for this character: U+7375 (off-site link)

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