邪 (ce4 je4 | xie2 ye2) : evil; disaster; strange

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邪

ce4 je4

xie2 ye2

ce4 & xie2 [1] evil; wicked; heretical [2] disaster; misfortune (caused by evil spirits) [3] strange; queer
je4 & ye2 [4] (archaic) variant of 耶

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: (#163)

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

邪

This word has been viewed 7296 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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無邪 mou4 ce4 wu2 xie2 = innocence, naivete; without guilt

改邪歸正 goi2 ce4 gwai1 zing3 gai3 xie2 gui1 zheng4 = to turn over a new leaf

撞邪 zong6*2 ce4 zhuang4 xie2 = hoodoo; voodoo 粵

邪教 ce4 gaau3 = a (wicked or evil religious) cult

邪牌 ce4 paai4*2 = erotic, lewd, lustful

邪牌電影 ce4 paai4*2 din6 jing2 xie2 pai2 dian4 ying3 = an erotic film

邪惡 ce4 ok3 xie2 e4 = viciousness; bad, evil, wicked, immoral

中邪 zung3 ce4 = to be cursed; to come under a spell (lit., "hit by evil")

歪風邪氣 waai1 fung1 ce4 hei3 wai1 feng1 xie2 qi4 = unhealthy tendencies, evil phenomena

邪道 ce4 dou6 xie2 dao4 = evil ways ; depraved life ; vice
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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: 邪
Unicode code for this character: U+90aa (off-site link)

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