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haai5
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crab Stroke count: 19
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 12992 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Dec 2014 10:27 |
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寄居蟹
gei3 geoi1 haai5 = hermit crab
巨蟹星座
geoi6 haai5 sing1 zo6 = Cancer (zodiac)
花蟹
faa1 haai5 = blue crab 粵
青蟹
ceng1 haai5 = mud crab, mangrove crab; [粵]: a $10HK note
肉蟹
juk6 haai5 = mud crab
水蟹
seoi2 haai5 = green crab
紅蟹
hung4 haai5 = coral crab
白蟹
baak6 haai5 = blue swimming crab
炒蝦拆蟹
caau2 haa1 caak3 haai5 = to use bad language; to swear
倒瀉籮蟹
dou2 se3*2 lo4 haai5 = chaotic; messy 粵See all 27 compounds |
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Legend 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: 蟹
Unicode code for this character: U+87f9 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 蟹
Unicode code for this character: U+87f9 (off-site link)
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