窟 (fat1 | ku1) : hole; cave; den; chunk

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窟

fat1

ku1

[1] [n] hole; cave; pit; cavity
[2] [n] den; lair; hiding place
[3] [粵] [classifier] chunk; portion

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 穴 (#116)

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

窟

This word has been viewed 6713 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Jul 2015 02:17

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屎窟罅 si2 fat1 laa3 = buttcrack 粵

屎窟窿 si2 fat1 lung4*1 = the anus 粵

糯米屎窟 no6 mai5 si2 fat1 = a guest who overstays 粵

捉蟲入屎窟 zuk1 cung4 jap6 si2 fat1 = to bring trouble to oneself 粵

用屎窟諗嘢 jung6 si2 fat1 nam2 je5 = making an idiotic suggestion (lit., "using one's anus to think of things") 粵

打邊爐同打屎窟 daa2 bin1 lou4 tung4 daa2 si2 fat1 = out of all comparison 粵

貧民窟 pan4 man4 fat1 pin2 min2 ku1 = slum

賊窟 caak6 fat1 zei2 ku1 = robber's den

狡兔三窟 gaau2 tou3 saam1 fat1 jiao3 tu4 san1 ku1 = there should be more than one plan to fall back on

吳哥窟 ng4 go1 fat1 wu2 ge1 ku1 = Angkorwat (Cambodia)
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 窟

呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared 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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 窟
Unicode code for this character: U+7a9f (off-site link)

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