責 (zaak3 | ze2) : duty; demand; reproach; press steadily

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責

zaak3

ze2

[1] [n] duty; responsibility; obligation
[2] [v] demand; require; instruct
[3] [v] reproach; blame; reprove
[4] [v] question closely; interrogate
[5] [粵] [v] press steadily; hold/weigh sth down by placing a heavy object on top | [variant] 矺, 砸, 磧,

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: (#154)

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

責 / 责

This word has been viewed 8800 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Jul 2013 11:12

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

責罵 zaak3 maa6 ze2 ma4 = scold; rebuke; dress down

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

責任 zaak3 jam6 ze2 ren4 = responsibility

責怪 zaak3 gwaai3 ze2 guai4 = to blame

責備 zaak3 bei6 ze2 bei4 = to blame; to be critical of; to reprove

譴責 hin2 zaak3 qian3 ze2 = to criticise; to condemn; to denounce

指責 zi2 zaak3 zhi3 ze2 = criticize, find fault with

負責人 fu6 zaak3 jan4 fu4 ze2 ren2 = person in charge (of something)

有責任 jau5 zaak3 jam6 you3 ze2 ren4 = obligated
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Showing all 2 examples containing 責

瓦礫責死咗兩個人粵
The debris crushed and killed two persons.

打擊罪行人人有責
We all have a part to play in combatting crime.

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

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