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coi4
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wealth; valuables; riches; money Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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恭喜發財
gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4 = Chinese New Year greeting
金銀財寶
gam1 ngan4 coi4 bou2 = treasures, riches
恭喜發財,利是𢭃來
gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4, lei6 si6 dau6 loi4 = a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! Happy New Year, let's have a red envelope! 粵
發財
faat3 coi4 = to get rich; (mahjong) green dragon
財寶
coi4 bou2 = valuables
財神
coi4 san4 = the Chinese God of Prosperity; a very wealthy person
財經
coi4 ging1 = finance and economics
財產
coi4 caan2 = property
財會
coi4 kui2 = financial accounting
財政
coi4 zing3 = public finances; financialSee all 84 compounds (CantoDict reports 88 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 1 example containing 財
香港嘅財富分配好唔均勻。 粵
Hong Kong has a very unequal distribution of wealth. [There is no verb in this Cantonese sentence.] Legend 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: 財
Unicode code for this character: U+8CA1 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 財
Unicode code for this character: U+8CA1 (off-site link)
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