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溺殺女嬰
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female infanticide (lit., "kill a baby girl by drowning") Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2368 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 17th Aug 2006 06:40 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:溺 nik6 nik1 niu6 - drown; indulge in; urinate殺 saat3 - kill, butcher; fight; abate; terribly 女 neoi5 neoi2 - woman; daughter 嬰 jing1 - baby |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).