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Jyutping kau3
Pinyin kòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to invade
  2. to plunder
  3. bandit
  4. foe
  5. enemy
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、專名

    a surname, usually transliterated as "Kau"
  2. 語素
    盜賊
    bandit
    • 流寇
      流寇
      lau4 kau3
      roving bandit
    • 勝者為王,敗者為寇
      胜者为王,败者为寇
      sing3 ze2 wai4 wong4 baai6 ze2 wai4 kau3
      Winners take all. Losers are always in the wrong.
  3. 語素
    入侵者
    invader
    • 外寇
      外寇
      ngoi6 kau3
      foreign invader
    • 日寇
      日寇
      jat6 kau3
      Japanese invaders (from 1910s to 1940s)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    a surname
  2. character
    bandit; thief; invader
  3. character
    foe; enemy
  4. character
    to rob; to plunder
  5. character
    to invade
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. bandits, thieves
  2. enemy
  3. invade
  4. Cangjie Input
    JMUE
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    流寇
    流寇
    lau4 kau3
    • roving bandit
  2. Cantonese
    胜者为王,败者为寇
    勝者為王,敗者為寇
    sing3 ze2 wai4 wong4 baai6 ze2 wai4 kau3
    • Winners take all. Losers are always in the wrong.
  3. Cantonese
    外寇
    外寇
    ngoi6 kau3
    • foreign invader
  4. Cantonese
    日寇
    日寇
    jat6 kau3
    • Japanese invaders (from 1910s to 1940s)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    落草为寇
    落草為寇
    luò cǎo wéi kòu
    • to become a bandit in the countryside
  2. Mandarin
    必须要团结一致消灭日寇,然后我们才能够得到安全。
    必須要團結一致消滅日寇,然後我們才能夠得到安全。
    bì xū yào tuán jié yī zhì xiāo miè rì kòu , rán hòu wǒ men cái néng gòu dé dào ān quán .
    • We must unite to exterminate these Japanese bandits, before we can be safe.
  3. Mandarin
    日寇并允许将各中国资本家原有产业,发还他们,折合计算,充作资本。
    日寇並允許將各中國資本家原有產業,發還他們,摺合計算,充作資本。
    rì kòu bìng yǔn xǔ jiāng gè zhōng guó zī běn jiā yuán yǒu chǎn yè , fā huán tā men , zhé hé jì suàn , chōng zuò zī běn .
    • The Japanese invaders have also promised to restore the former assets of the Chinese capitalists to them in the form of capital shares in the investment.
  4. Mandarin
    他们缺乏建设性,破坏有余而建设不足,在参加革命以后,就又成为革命队伍中流寇主义和无政府思想的来源。
    他們缺乏建設性,破壞有餘而建設不足,在參加革命以後,就又成為革命隊伍中流寇主義和無政府思想的來源。
    tā men quē fá jiàn shè xìng , pò huài yǒu yú ér jiàn shè bù zú , zài cān jiā gé mìng yǐ hòu , jiù yòu chéng wéi gé mìng duì wǔ zhōng liú kòu zhǔ yì hé wú zhèng fǔ sī xiǎng de lái yuán .
    • These people lack constructive qualities and are given to destruction rather than construction; after joining the revolution, they become a source of roving-rebel and anarchist ideology in the revolutionary ranks.
  5. Mandarin
    日寇已经开始了全国的战时动员。
    日寇已經開始了全國的戰時動員。
    rì kòu yǐ jīng kāi shǐ le quán guó de zhàn shí dòng yuán .
    • The Japanese aggressors have already begun their national mobilization for war.