English
- fault, defect
- fault
- error, mistake
- to blame
- to punish
- calamity
- misfortune
- mistake; fault; guilt; crime
- to blame; to punish
粵語
- 罪過；過失
- 過罪；處分
As a component in
Words containing 咎
- 歸咎gwai1 gau3
to put the blame on
- 自咎zi6 gau3
to blame oneself; to rebuke oneself
- 罪咎zeoi6 gau3
guilt
- 咎由自取gau3 jau4 zi6 ceoi2
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
- 引咎辭職jan5 gau3 ci4 zik1
to admit responsibility and resign
- 動輒得咎dung6 zip3 dak1 gau3
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
- 歸咎於gwai1 gau3 jyu1
to blame; to attribute to; as a result of
- 任咎jam6 gau3
to take the blame
- 引咎jan5 gau3
to take the blame
- 罪咎感zeoi6 gau3 gam2
sense of guilt; guilty feeling
- 難辭其咎naan4 ci4 kei4 gau3
cannot escape censure (idiom)
- 既往不咎gei3 wong5 bat1 gau3
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
- 咎有應得gau3 jau5 jing1 dak1
(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
- 自取其咎zi6 ceoi2 kei4 gau3
see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]
- 不咎既往bat1 gau3 gei3 wong5
not censure sb for his past misdeeds