盔 (kwai1 | kui1) : helmet

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盔

kwai1

kui1

[1] helmet; any helmet-shaped headpiece
[2] deep basin-like pottery container

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 皿 (#108)

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

盔

This word has been viewed 2825 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Nov 2010 10:57

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頭盔 tau4 kwai1 tou2 kui1 = helmet; crash helmet

消防頭盔 siu1 fong4 tau4 kwai1 xiao1 fang2 tou2 kui1 = fire helmet; fire hat

又要威,又要戴頭盔 jau6 jiu3 wai1, jau6 jiu3 daai3 tau4 kwai1 = talking hawk, acting chicken 粵

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有好多頂頭盔畀你揀粵
There are lots of helmets for you to choose.
[Lit. have many [counter] helmets give you choose. Note: the counter is optional. 有好多頭盔畀你揀 is okay too.]

佢戴住一頂頭盔，但係唔係好型粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look too good on him.
[Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however not-very stylish.]

佢戴著一頂頭盔，但係一啲都唔型粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look good on him at all.
[Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however a little bit also not stylish. 一啲都唔［adjective] is a useful construction to mean "not at all..."]

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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.
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Decimal representation of this word: 盔
Unicode code for this character: U+76d4 (off-site link)

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