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可惡
  ho2 wu3   jyutping
  ke3 wu4   pinyin
obnoxious; repulsive; abhorrent; hateful; abominable | []: also 抵死, 乞人憎

adjective

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
可惡 / 可恶

This word has been viewed 3444 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Feb 2007 03:08 and last edited on 22nd Nov 2008 14:10
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Characters in this word:

 ho2 hak1  -  can; approve; need; but
 ok3 wu3 wu1  -  evil; vice; bad; fierce; loathe; dislike

Showing 1 example containing 可惡
detail 可惡究竟係咩
Ugh, what actually happened [just now]?
[This is a common phrase in some TV shows. 可惡 is an interjection meaning "ugh". 究竟係咩事呀 is a shorter form of 究竟係發生咩事呀, so literally we have "ugh, actually is happen what?"]
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