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wan2 wan3
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[粵] wan2 - Cantonese only [1] search; find; look for [2] use; make use of [3] earn (money) [粵] wan3 | [國] wen4 [1] press with fingers [2] wipe off (tears) Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: 扌 (#64)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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搵食 wan2 sik6 = to earn a living; to look for food 粵 搵返 wan2 faan1 = recover 粵 搵到 wan2 dou3*2 = find 粵 講笑搵第樣 gong2 siu3 wan2 dai6 joeng6*2 = this is no laughing matter 粵 搵老襯 wan2 lou5 can3 = to be tricked or cheated by someone 粵 搵笨 wan2 ban6 = to cheat; to con 粵 搵周公 wan2 zau1 gung1 = go to bed 粵 搵工 wan2 gung1 = job hunt 粵 騎牛搵馬 ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5 = (fig.) to mark time 粵 搵世界 wan2 sai3 gaai3 = to search for a living 粵 搵日 wan2 jat6 = find one other day 粵 搵位 wan2 wai6*2 = find a seat 粵 餐搵餐食 caan1 wan2 caan1 sik6 = living from hand to mouth 粵 打鑼都搵唔到 daa2 lo4 dou1 wan2 m4 dou3*2 = to be unable to find sb after making a big production of it 粵 搵苦嚟辛 wan2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1 = ask for trouble 粵 搵錢 wan2 cin4*2 = to make money 粵 餐搵餐食餐餐清 caan1 wan2 caan1 sik6 caan1 caan1 cing1 = completely spend what one earns, "living paycheck to paycheck" 粵 辛苦搵嚟自在食 san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6 = to work very hard for food 粵 搵銀 wan2 ngan4*2 = to earn money; to make a living 粵 搵米路 wan2 mai5 lou6 = to earn a living 粵 搵我笨賊 wan2 ngo1 ban6 caak6 = to take me for a stupid fool; to rip me off 粵 搵得嚟使得去 wan2 dak1 lai4 sai2 dak1 heoi3 = money that's easy come easy go 粵 搵嘢做 wan2 je5 zou6 = looking for a job 粵 搵餐晏仔 wan2 caan1 aan3 zai2 = to make a living; to earn one's keep; to maintain one's livelihood 粵 冇蝨搵蝨撓 mou5 sat1 wan2 sat1 naau4 = to go looking for trouble 粵 打鑼搵 daa2 lo4*2 wan2 = to search frantically 粵 搵朝唔得晚 wan2 ziu1 m4 dak1 maan5 = struggling to make ends meet 粵 |
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Showing 10 of 18 examples containing 搵
個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體 粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk. [Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]
搵日一齊食飯啦。 粵
Show all 18 examplesLet's have lunch together some day. [The Cantonese word order 搵日 (some day) 一齊 (together) 食飯 (have lunch) 啦 (let's) is the exact opposite of the English version.] Legend 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. |