癩 (laai3 | lai4) : leprosy; favus

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癩

laai3

lai4

leprosy; favus; scabies

Stroke count: 21

Level: 2

Radical: 疒 (#104)

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

癩 / 癞

This word has been viewed 2625 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Apr 2012 13:47

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癩瘡 laai3 cong1 = to have leprosy

長癩癩 coeng4 laai3*4 laai3*4 = long

軟癩癩 jyun5 laai3*4 laai3*4 = to describe one's body getting "soft" (i.e., tired, unwell)

癩蛤蟆 laai3 haa4 maa4 lai4 ha2 ma5 = toads

蚊癩 man1 laai3 wen2 lai4 = mosquito bite 粵

癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉 laai3 haa4 maa4 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6 lai4 ha2 ma2 xiang3 shi2 tian1 e2 rou4 = to be out of one's league; to desire sth. one is unworthy of 粵

Showing 1 example containing 癩

你真係癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉粵
You are going after a girl who is way too good for you.

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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: 癩
Unicode code for this character: U+7669 (off-site link)

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