負 (fu6 | fu4) : carry; lose; suffer; enjoy

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負

fu6

fu4

[1] carry (on the back); shoulder; bear
[2] lose; loss; be defeated
[3] suffer (injury); owe (debt)
[4] enjoy (fame); be proud and complacent
[5] have at one's back; rely on
[6] betray; breach; let sb down
[7] load; responsibility; task
[8] minus; negative

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

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

負 / 负

This word has been viewed 8370 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Oct 2009 04:49

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負責 fu6 zaak3 fu4 ze2 = responsible for; take charge of; conscientious

忘恩負義 mong4 jan1 fu6 ji6 wang4 en1 fu4 yi4 = ungrateful

負責任 fu6 zaak3 jam6 fu4 ze2 ren4 = to take responsibility for an incident

抱負 pou5 fu6 bao4 fu4 = ambition; aspiration

自負盈虧 zi6 fu6 jing4 kwai1 zi4 fu4 ying2 kui1 = take full responsibility for a business

欺負 hei1 fu6 qi1 fu5 = to bully

擔負 daam1 fu6 dan1 fu4 = to shoulder; to bear; to take on; to be charged

負傷 fu6 soeng1 = to be wounded

負擔 fu6 daam1 fu4 dan1 = to bear a burden

負責人 fu6 zaak3 jan4 fu4 ze2 ren2 = person in charge (of something)
See all 50 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佢為家庭朋友不怕忍辱負重粵
He is unafraid to go through humiliation for the sake of family and friends.

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Decimal representation of this word: 負
Unicode code for this character: U+8ca0 (off-site link)

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