貨 (fo3 | huo4) : goods; products; cargo

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貨

fo3

huo4

[1] [n] goods; commodities; products; freight; cargo [2] money; currency; property [3] [v] bribe; bribery [4] [v] sell [5] used as a term of reviling with an abusive suffix

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

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

貨 / 货

Don't confuse with:
貸貲

This word has been viewed 10197 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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通貨膨脹 tung1 fo3 paang4 zoeng3 tong1 huo4 peng2 zhang4 = inflation

百貨店 baak3 fo3 dim3 bai3 huo4 dian4 = department store

貨櫃車 fo3 gwai6 ce1 = container truck 粵

送貨 sung3 fo3 song4 huo4 = deliver goods

貨架 fo3 gaa3*2 huo4 jiia4 = shelf for goods; shop shelf

送貨員 sung3 fo3 jyun4 song4 huo4 yuan2 = delivery man 粵

貨車 fo3 ce1 huo4 che1 = lorry (UK); truck (US)

二手貨 ji6 sau2 fo3 er4 shou3 huo4 = second-hand goods

缺貨 kyut3 fo3 que1 huo4 = out of stock

貨物服務稅 fo3 mat6 fuk6 mou6 seoi3 huo4 wu4 fu2 wu4 shui4 = goods and services tax, GST
See all 105 compounds (CantoDict reports 112 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你走到冇雷公咁遠買貨，點為得過呀粵
It is not worth buying goods from such a faraway place.

喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。粵
Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting.

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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: 貨
Unicode code for this character: U+8CA8 (off-site link)

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