My mother was an alcoholic.
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酒鬼
jiǔ guǐ
HSK 3.0 · 5
jiǔ guǐ · zau2 gwai2 (Jyutping)
- drunkard
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Character breakdown
酒
- Meaning
- wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
- Radical
- 酉
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰氵酉
- Cangjie
- EMCW
- Four-corner
- 3116.0
鬼
- Meaning
- ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
- Radical
- 鬼
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿸？⿺乚厶
- Cangjie
- HI
- Four-corner
- 2621.3
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Example sentences
Children and drunks don't lie.
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