瘟 (wan1 | wen1) : epidemic

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瘟

wan1

wen1

epidemic; plague; pestilence

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 疒 (#104)

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

瘟

This word has been viewed 2813 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Dec 2011 14:08

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瘟疫 wan1 jik6 wen1 yi4 = epidemic

舂瘟雞 zung1 wan1 gai1 chong1 wen1 ji1 = clumsy person 粵

暑瘟 syu2 wan1 shu3 wen1 = tropical disease; summertime disease

鴨瘟病毒 aap3 wan1 beng6 duk6 = duck plague virus

發瘟 faat3 wan1 = crazy

瘟神 wan1 san4 wen1 shen2 = god of plague

冤枉嚟，瘟疫去 jyun1 wong2 lai4 wan1 jik6 heoi3 yuan1 wang3 li2 wen1 yi4 qu4 = money made easy or unlawfully just comes and goes 粵

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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: 瘟
Unicode code for this character: U+761f (off-site link)

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