English
- number six
- six
- used in place names
- six
- 6
粵語
- 6
As a component in · 71
Variants
Words containing 六
- 六月luk6 jyut6
June
- 三六saam1 luk6
dog (slang)
- 六四luk6 sei3
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
- 六書luk6 syu1
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
- 六九luk6 gau2
69 (sex position) [colloquial]
- 六藝luk6 ngai6
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4])
- 星期六sing1 kei4 luk6
Saturday
- 五顏六色ng5 ngaan4 luk6 sik1
multicolored
- 六合彩luk6 hap6 coi2
Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
- 禮拜六lai5 baai3 luk6
Saturday
- 黃六wong4 luk6
swindler, cheat, fraud; literally: wong six
- 六神luk6 san4
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])
- 第六感dai6 luk6 gam2
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
- 二打六ji6 daa2 luk2
(noun) a flunky; an extra in a movie
- 四二六sei3 ji6 luk6
the 'fighter' in a triad gang, the third highest in rank in a triad gang [colloquial]
- 登六dang1 luk6
to reach 60 years old (a homophone of 登陸 "to land")
- 六角形luk6 gok3 jing4
hexagon
- 六邪luk6 ce4
(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]
- 六淫luk6 jam4
(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]
- 三個六saam1 go3 luk6
three sixes [written and colloquial]; the symbolic fee of three dollars sixty required for joining a triad gang [colloquial]
- 十五十六sap6 ng5 sap6 luk6
(adjective) (of making decision) uncertain; indecisive; unsure; at sixes and sevens
- 第六dai6 luk6
the sixth
- 週六zau1 luk6
Saturday
- 十六sap6 luk6
sixteen