散 (saan3 saan2 | san4 san3) : disperse; distribute; undisciplined

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散

saan3 saan2

san4 san3

(1)
[saan3 & san4]
[1] disperse; scatter; break up
[2] distribute; disseminate; spread
[3] get rid of; remove; get over

(2)
[saan2 & san3]
[1] undisciplined; unrestricted; slack
[2] scattered; dissolved; broken up
[3] medicinal powder

(1) As a verb, the nasal-ending syllable has a stop-ending synonym in 撒 [saat3].

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 攴 (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

散

This word has been viewed 11933 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Jul 2009 14:40

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散房 saan2 fong4 san4 fang2 = Single Room Occupancy (SRO) - type of low income housing

散會 saan3 wui6*2 san4 hui4 = meeting is over

散開 saan3 hoi1 = to disperse

散文 saan2 man4 san3 wen2 = prose

散佈 saan3 bou3 san4 bu4 = to disseminate; to spread (information)

散步 saan3 bou6 san4 bu4 = to go for a walk; to take a walk

散發 saan3 faat3 = to issue; to distribute; to emit

一哄而散 jat1 hung6 ji4 saan3 yi1 hong1 er2 san4 = (idiom) disperse in confusion

解散 gaai2 saan3 jie3 san4 = to disband; to dissolve; to dismantle; to break up

分散 fan1 saan3 fen1 san4 = to scatter; to disperse

擴散 kong3 saan3 kuo4 san4 = spread; proliferate

拆散 caak3 saan2 chai1 san4 = to break up (a marriage, family, etc.)

散工 saan2 gung1 san3 gong1 = casual labourer; odd job

發散 faat3 saan3 fa1 san4 = exhale, diffuse out of a gas; let out perspiration/bodily humors

散出 saan3 ceot1 san4 chu1 = to shed

遣散費 hin2 saan3 fai3 = compensation for removal; release pay; severance pay

疏散 so1 saan3 shu1 san4 = evacuate

披頭散髮 pei1 tau4 saan2 faat3 pi1 tou2 san4 fa3 (tw) fa4 (prc) = with hair dishevelled, with hair in disarray

散檔 saan3 dong3 = part company

散賣 saan2 maai6 = retail

心散 sam1 saan2 = distracted, unable to concentrate

走散 zau2 saan2 = straggle

散紙 saan3*2 zi2 = small (denomination) notes 粵

散銀 saan3*2 ngan4*2 = small change

遣散 hin2 saan3 qian3 san4 = dismiss, demobilization, demobilize, severance, lay off

分散式 fan1 saan3 sik1 fen1 san4 shi4 = distributed

分散注意 fan1 saan3 zyu3 ji3 fen1 san4 zhu4 yi4 = to distract

散修修 saan2 sau1 sau1 = loose, messy

不歡而散 bat1 fun1 ji4 saan3 bu4 huan1 er2 san4 = to break up in discord; part on bad terms 國

均勻散佈 gwan1 wan4 saan3 bou3 jun1 yun2 san4 bu4 = evenly distributed

擴散作用 kong3 saan3 zok3 jung6 kuo4 san4 zok3 yong4 = diffusion

散熱器 saan3 jit6 hei3 san4 re4 qi4 = radiator

一拍兩散 jat1 paak3 loeng5 saan3 = to sever relations, part on bad terms, two people dissolve a partnership

散光 saan2 gwong1 = astigmatism (lit., "scattered light")

散彈 saan2 daan6*2 = [n] scatter shot

散彈槍 saan2 daan6*2 coeng1 = [n] a shotgun

散沙 saan2 saa1 san3 sha1 = scattered sand, a lack of organization

散手 saan2 sau2 = to have a special skill; to excel at something

散仔 saan2 zai2 = a temporary worker; a low-level member (of a gang or organization) 粵

散學 saan3 hok6 = [v] to break up school

散咗 saan2 zo2 = to split up with one's boyfriend or girlfriend 粵

散band saan3 ben1 = [v] to split up the band; to split up the group 粵

散悶 saan3 mun6 san4 men4 = [v] to take some recreation

散心 saan3 sam1 san4 xin1 = drive away one's cares; relieve boredom

散水 saan3 seoi2 = [v] to flee; to make a run for it

散場 saan3 coeng4 = [v] the audience disperses when a show finishes; a show has finished

藥散 joek6 saan2 = [n] medicinal powder

散文家 saan2 man4 gaa1 san3 wen2 jia1 = prosaist; proser

暢散 coeng3 saan2 = to give change for (money) 粵

散嗌 saan2 ai3 = to order separately (eg at a restaurant) 粵

開枝散葉 hoi1 zi1 saan3 jip6 = to produce children; the expansion of a business

蛋散 daan6 saan2 dan4 san4 = [1] a light egg pastry (dim sum); [2] (slang) a nobody

一盤散沙 jat1 pun4 saan2 saa1 yi1 pan2 san3 sha1 = (like) a sheet of loose sand, in a state of disunity

散錢 saan2 cin4*2 san3 qian2 = small change

散伙 saan3 fo2 san4 huo3 = (of a group, body, or organization) dissolve, disband

消散 siu1 saan3 xiao1 san4 = scatter and disappear; dissipate

散漫 saan2 maan6 san3 man4 = undisciplined; careless and sloppy; unorganized; scattered

不見不散 bat1 gin3 bat1 saan3 bu2 jian4 bu2 san4 = not leaving untill seeing each other

曲終人散 kuk1 zung1 jan4 saan3 qu3 zhong1 ren2 san4 = when the party is over; when a happy occasion has come to an end

風吹雞蛋殼﹐財散人安樂。 fung1 ceoi1 gai1 daan6*2 hok3, coi4 saan3 jan4 on1 lok6 = money isn't everything; money isn't the most important thing in life

妻離子散 cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3 qi1 li2 zi3 san4 = breaking up of a family; to be abandonded by one's wife and for one's kids to scatter off

散熱片 saan3 jit6 pin3 san4 re4 pian4 = heat sink, heatsink

渙散 wun6 saan3 huan4 san4 = slack; lax; easy-going

投閒置散 tau4 haan4 zi3 saan2 tou2 xian2 zhi4 san3 = to be placed in a unimportant position; be put in charge of an insignificant job

四散 sei3 saan3 si4 san4 = scatter in all directions

失散 sat1 saan3 shi1 san4 = be scattered; be separated from

驅散 keoi1 saan3 qu1 san4 = to disperse; to break up

各散東西 gok3 saan3 dung1 sai1 ge4 san4 dong1 xi1 = each goes a separate way

散戶 saan2 wu6 = [1] retail; [2] private investor

分散的策略 fai1 saan3 dik1 caak3 loek6 fen1 san4 de5 ce4 lve4 = diffused strategy 國

猶太人散居地 jau4 taai3 jan4 saan2 geoi1 dei6 = Jewish Diaspora (lit., "Jews living scattered across the Earth")

擴散器 kong3 saan3 hei3 kuo4 san4 qi4 = diffuser

擴散區 kong3 saan3 keoi1 kuo4 san4 qu1 = diffusion region (in electronics)

尼散 nei4 saan3 ni2 san4 = Nisan

Showing all 2 examples containing 散

唔該你幫我暢散張一百文紙粵
Would you give me change for the hundred-dollar note?

我同佢散咗好耐喇粵
I split up with her a long time ago.
[[literal] I with her have-separated very long already]

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