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惡
简 恶 · 繁 惡Characters in this entry
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3 · e3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fu1 · ok3 · wu1 · wu3
Cantonese word readings for 惡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- evil; wicked; foul
- fierce; hostile; ferocious; cruel; overbearing; domineering; over-strict
- (Cantonese, transitive) to be hostile against (someone)
- bad; poor
- (Cantonese, Southern and Puxian Min) difficult
- (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Philippine Hokkien) to verbally abuse; to reprimand; to curse; to rebuke; to treat roughly or in an overbearing manner; to oppress
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) slow
character · Etymology 2
- to hate; to loathe; to dislike
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) An interrogative pronoun: how
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Interjection used to express surprise: oh; ah
character · Etymology 5
- (Wu) excrement
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