餸 (sung3 | song4) : a side dish of food

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餸

sung3

song4

a side dish of food prepared to accompany rice

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

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

餸

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:07

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叫餸 giu3 sung3 = order some dishes with rice 粵

煮餸 zyu2 sung3 = prepare dishes 粵

屋企餸 uk1 kei5*2 sung3 = home-made dishes 粵

買餸 maai5 sung3 = to buy dishes of food 粵

挾餸 gaap3 sung3 = pick up the food with chopsticks 粵

細餸 sai3 sung3 xi4 song4 = to eat very little; to always have leftovers; to have a small appetite 粵

睇餸食飯 tai2 sung3 sik6 faan6 = to be careful, to be cautious 粵

整餸 zing2 sung3 zheng3 song4 = cook; make food 粵

飯餸 faan6 sung3 = dishes 粵

Showing all 4 examples containing 餸

今晚食乜餸？粵
What are the side dishes for dinner?

你煮碟餸好香喎！粵
The dish cooked by you smells so good!

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

今晚咁多餸；梗係食唔晒啦。粵
There's so much food tonight; of course I can't finish the lot.

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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: 餸
Unicode code for this character: U+9938 (off-site link)

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