逆 (jik6) — meet; welcome in Cantonese
jikˍ₆逆Mandarin Pinyin: ni4
Meaning of 逆
nounmeet; welcome
nounadverse; unfavourable; negative
noundisobey; offend; go against
nouncounter; reverse; contrary
nounbeforehand; in advance
nounrebel; betray; traitor
Example Sentences with 逆
keoiˏ₅佢zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係wuˊ²忤neiˍ₆逆zai2.仔。
He's really a rebellious son.
go˗₃個go˗₃個douˉ¹都waaˍ₆話keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係wuˊ²忤neiˍ₆逆zai2.仔。
Everyone says he's a rebellious son.
ngoˏ₅我mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想zouˍ₆做wuˊ²忤neiˍ₆逆zai2.仔。
I don't want to be a rebellious son.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似go˗₃個wuˊ²忤neiˍ₆逆zai2.仔。
He seems like a rebellious son.
aa˗₃阿maaˉ¹媽waaˍ₆話ngoˏ₅我haiˍ₆係wuˊ²忤neiˍ₆逆zai2.仔。
Mom says I'm a rebellious son.
Words Containing 逆
產生逆火caan2 sang1 jik6 fo2
to backfire
學如逆水行舟，不進則退hok6 jyu4 jik6 seoi2 hang4 zau1, bat1 zeon3 zak1 teoi3
1.Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back.
逆水行舟jik6 seoi2 hang4 zau1
rowing upstream
逆比例jik6 bei2 lai6
inverse proportion
逆權管有jik6 kyun4 gun2 jau5
adverse possession
逆差jik6 caa1
adverse balance of trade; trade deficit
逆時針方向jik6 si4 zam1 fong1 hoeng3
counterclockwise or anticlockwise direction
忤逆仔ng5 jik6 zai2
unfilial son
逆轉jik6 zyun2
of things to take a turn for the better or for the worse
悖逆but6 (bui6) jik6
rebellious; disloyal; unrepentant; disobedient
逆數jik6 sou3
prediction; forecasting; in reverse order; abnormalities (of phenomenon); hapless fate
逆火jik6 fo2
backfire
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