梳 (so1 | shu1) : comb

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梳

so1

shu1

[1] a comb; coarse comb; brush
[2] to comb; to braid; to plait
[3] [classifier] a hand/bunch of (bananas)

(Classifier(s): 把)

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

梳

This word has been viewed 8614 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Aug 2009 02:27

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梳打 so1 daa2 = a soda (as phonetic loanword) 粵

梳刷 so1 caat3*2 shu1 shua1 = hairbrush

金梳 gam1 so1 = "come ashore" (loanword)

梳頭 so1 tau4 shu1 tou2 = comb the hair

梳子 so1 zi2 shu1 zi5 = comb 國

梳化 so1 faa3*2 = sofa; couch 粵

燕梳 jin3 so1 = insurance (loanword) 粵

梳化床 so1 faa3*2 cong4 = a sofa bed

梳化椅 so1 faa3*2 ji2 = a sofa

買燕梳 maai5 jin3 so1 = to insure onself (against) 粵

人壽燕梳 jan4 sau6 jin3 so1 = life insurance 粵 (common formation)

梳洗 so1 sai2 = comb the hair and wash the face; [ancient] a form of execution

忌廉梳打 gei6 lim4*1 so1 daa2 = cream soda 粵

梳打餅 so1 daa2 beng2 = soda cracker 粵

梳起 so1 hei2 shu1 qi3 = a spinster, a woman who has no intention of getting married 粵

自梳 zi6 so1 = a spinster, a woman who has no intention of getting married 粵

自梳女 zi6 so1 neoi5*2 = a spinster, a lifelong celibate woman 粵

帶兩梳蕉 daai3 loeng5 so1 ziu1 dai4 liang3 shu1 jiao1 = visit sb. empty-handed; neglect to bring a gift when visiting sb. 粵

梳士巴利道 so1 si6 baa1 lei6 dou6 shu1 shi4 ba1 li4 dao4 = Salisbury Road

問和尚借梳 man6 wo4 soeng6*2 ze3 so1 wen4 he2 shang4 jie4 shu1 = hopeless

問師姑攞梳 man6 si1 gu1 lo2 so1 = hopeless 粵

Showing all 3 examples containing 梳

我買咗一梳蕉粵
I bought a hand of bananas.
[Lit. I buy already one hand bananas. ['Hand' is another term for 'bunch'.]]

你啲頭髮平時咁撈攪，點解今晚梳頭粵 ?!
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?

快啲將套梳化搬翻翻嚟！粵
Hurry up and move the sofa back here!
[The first 翻 is an aspect marker, indicating that the sofa should be restored to its original location. The second 翻 is a directional particle, indicating that the sofa should be moved "here", not elsewhere. ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 梳
Unicode code for this character: U+68b3 (off-site link)

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