霉 (mui4 | mei2) : mildew; mould

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霉

mui4

mei2

[1] [n] mildew; mould
[2] [adj,v] mouldy; mildewed; go mouldy

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: (#173)

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

霉

This word has been viewed 4252 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Dec 2011 13:53

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青霉素 cing1 mui4 sou3 qing1 mei2 su4 = penicillin; see also 盤尼西林

發霉 faat3 mui4 fa1 mei2 = go mouldy

霉運 mui4 wan6 mei2 yun4 = bad luck 國

倒霉 dou2 mui4 dao3 mei2 = have bad luck; be out of luck; rotten luck; wretched

霉霉爛爛 mui4 mui4 laan6 laan6 = worn out, rotten

霉爛 mui4 laan6 = mouldy, rotten

霉香鹹魚 mui4 hoeng1 haam4 jyu4*2 = dried, salted fish

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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: 霉
Unicode code for this character: U+9709 (off-site link)

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