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歹 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 78, 歹+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一弓戈 (MNI), four-corner 10207, composition)

  1. Kangxi radical #78, .

Derived characters

  • Chinese radical/歹
  • 𠯪, 𡛃, 𢗚, 𢪰, 𣲠, 𨑰, 𧺰, 𪞧, 𬳜, , 𭅵, 𨚌, 𭣤, 𦍙, , 𩐁, , 𪚗
  • 𢁳, 𡧒, 𪽨, , 𣱚, 𪗈, , , 𡂍

歹 - Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) - human remains.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard)
      • (Pinyin): dǎi (dai3)
      • (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ
    • (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дэ (de, II)
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): daai2
  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tái
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): tái
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): dai2
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 2te

Definitions

  1. bad; wicked; evil
    •    dǎi   malicious intent
  2. misdeed; something evil

Compounds

  • 不分好歹
  • 不知好歹 (bùzhīhǎodǎi)
  • 低歹
  • 作好作歹
  • 作歹 (zuòdǎi)
  • 做好做歹
  • 口歹
  • 好共歹
  • 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
  • 心歹
  • 忙古歹
  • 放歹
  • 杭好杭歹
  • 歹不中
  • 歹事 (dǎishì)
  • 歹人 (dǎirén)
  • 歹做出
  • 歹口
  • 歹命
  • 歹婆娘
  • 歹徒 (dǎitú)
  • 歹心 (dǎixīn)
  • 歹意 (dǎiyì)
  • 歹毒 (dǎidú)
  • 歹生活
  • 生非作歹
  • 知好歹
  • 莽古歹
  • 三好兩歹三好两歹
  • 不識好歹不识好歹 (bùshíhǎodǎi)
  • 作歹為非作歹为非
  • 好說歹說好说歹说
  • 惡歹子恶歹子
  • 有個好歹有个好歹
  • 歹事頭歹事头
  • 歹徒橫行歹徒横行
  • 歹戲拖棚歹戏拖棚
  • 歹話歹话
  • 歹鬥歹斗
  • 歹鬥毛歹斗毛
  • 沒好沒歹没好没歹
  • 為非作歹为非作歹 (wéifēizuòdǎi)
  • 無道歹无道歹
  • 詭歹诡歹
  • 說好嫌歹说好嫌歹
  • 說好說歹说好说歹
  • 賴歹赖歹

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): è (e4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaat6, aat3
  • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑt̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːd/

Definitions

  1. bone remnants

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin

Definitions

  1. bone remains

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan

Definitions

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew) bad; wicked; evil
    • [Hokkien]   pháiⁿ-sè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   excuse me (lit. bad feeling)
  2. (Hokkien) to become bad; to break down
    • 冷氣冷气 [Hokkien]   Léng-khì pháiⁿ--khì--ah! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   The air conditioner broke down!
  3. (Hokkien) to be fierce
  4. (Hokkien) to cause something to be harmed or damaged
  5. (Hokkien) difficult; hard (to do something)

Synonyms

Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing ,
Taiwan
Jinan , ,
Xi'an ,
Wuhan ,
Chengdu
Yangzhou
Hefei
Malaysia
Singapore
Cantonese Guangzhou , ,
Hong Kong ,
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Yangjiang
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Wuhua (Meilin)
Jin Taiyuan ,
Min Bei Jian'ou ,
Min Dong Fuzhou ,
Min Nan Xiamen ,
Xiamen (Tong'an)
Quanzhou
Jinjiang
Nan'an
Shishi
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an ,
Tainan
Penang (Hokkien) ,
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Datian
Chaozhou
Shantou
Jieyang ,
Singapore (Teochew) ,
Leizhou
Wenchang
Haikou
Singapore (Hainanese)
Wu Shanghai ,
Suzhou ,
Ningbo , 推扳, 嘸做
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha ,
Shuangfeng ,
Variety Location Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Taiwan
Malaysia
Singapore
Cantonese Hong Kong
Singapore (Guangfu)
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Min Nan Taipei GT
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Wu Ningbo , 嘸做
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese , 困難, 艱難
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , 困難, 艱難
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Jinan
Xi'an
Wuhan
Chengdu
Guilin
Yangzhou
Hefei
Singapore
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Taishan ,
Yangjiang ,
Singapore (Guangfu)
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Jin Taiyuan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou 艱難,
Min Nan Xiamen , , 艱苦
Quanzhou
Jinjiang
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an ,
Dongshan
Taipei
New Taipei (Sanxia)
Kaohsiung
Yilan
Changhua (Lukang)
Taichung
Tainan ,
Hsinchu
Kinmen
Penghu (Magong)
Penang (Hokkien) 艱苦,
Singapore (Hokkien) , 艱苦,
Manila (Hokkien) 艱苦, ,
Chaozhou
Shantou ,
Shantou (Chenghai)
Jieyang , 艱苦
Haifeng
Singapore (Teochew) ,
Wenchang
Haikou
Singapore (Hainanese)
Wu Suzhou
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng
Note † - only used with a verbal complement

Compounds

歹 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

歹 - Korean

Hanja

(al, dae) (hangeul , , revised al, dae, McCuneReischauer al, tae, Yale al, tay)

歹 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ngạt, đãi, ngặt

Meaning and Definition of 歹
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