腥 (seng1 sing1 | xing1) : fishy smell; raw meat

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腥

seng1 sing1

xing1

[1] fishy smell; strong and offensive smell
[2] raw meat/fish

Jyutping sing1 is literary reading; seng1 is colloquial. The former is rarely used.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

腥

This word has been viewed 6010 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Feb 2011 04:14

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血腥 hyut3 sing1 xue4 xing1 (PRC), xie3 xing1 (Taiwan) = bloody, to reek of blood

腌尖腥悶 jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6 = very fussy 粵

腥悶 seng1 mun6 = fussy

臭腥 cau3 seng1 = rank, strong smelling

腥臭 seng1 cau3 = rank, strong smelling

嫌錢腥 jim4 cin4*2 seng1 = not interested in money

腥膻 sing1 saan1 xing1 shan1 = stinking smell as of fish or mutton

辟腥 pik1 seng1 pi4 xing1 = get rid of an unpleasant smell 粵

腥味 sing1 mei6 xing1 wei4 = an unpleasant smelling or flavor

魚腥草 jyu4 seng1 cou2 = herba houttuyniae

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落啲薑蔥就可以辟走陣魚腥味。粵
Drop in some ginger and scallion , can get rid of the fishy smell.

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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: 腥
Unicode code for this character: U+8165 (off-site link)

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