亥 (hoi6) — the hours between 9 and 11 p.m. in Cantonese
hoiˍ₆亥Mandarin Pinyin: hai4
Meaning of 亥
nounthe hours between 9 and 11 p.m.
nounthe last of 12 Earthly Branches
Example Sentences with 亥
keoiˏ₅佢diˉ¹啲ziˍ₆字co˗₃錯saai3,晒，louˏ₅魯jyuˎ₄魚hoiˊ²亥si2.豕。
His characters are all wrong, full of errors.
niˉ¹呢fanˍ₆份bou˗₃報ziˊ²紙louˏ₅魯jyuˎ₄魚hoiˊ²亥si2.豕。
This newspaper has many errors.
fanˍ₆份gouˊ²稿jauˏ₅有diˉ¹啲louˏ₅魯jyuˎ₄魚hoiˊ²亥si2.豕。
The draft has some mistakes.
taiˊ²睇zanˉ¹真di1,啲，mˎ₄唔houˊ²好louˏ₅魯jyuˎ₄魚hoiˊ²亥si2.豕。
Look carefully, don't make mistakes.
keoiˏ₅佢seˊ²寫ge˗₃嘅ziˍ₆字louˏ₅魯jyuˎ₄魚hoiˊ²亥si2.豕。
The characters he wrote are incorrect.
Words Containing 亥
亥豬hoi6 zyu1
Year 12, Year of the Boar
辛亥革命san1 hoi6 gaak3 ming6
Hsinhai Revolution, the Revolution of 1911 that culminated in the fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty (清朝) and the establishment of the Republic of China (中華民國) shortly afterwards
魯魚亥豕lou5 jyu4 hoi6 ci2
written characters being easily confused -- clerical errors made inadvertently; printing mistakes owing to similar written forms
亥時出世hoi6 si4 ceot1 sai3
literally: born at the twelfth hour; an expression used to describe those who bring bad luck upon others or those who are unintentionally destructive [written and colloquial]
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