晒 (saai3 | shai4) : [粵] entirely; very much; show off

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晒

saai3

shai4

[1] [粵] [adv] entirely; completely; wholly
[2] [粵] [adv] very much; to an extreme level
[3] [粵] [loanword] show off (one's strength)
[4] [粵] [v] develop/process (a film)
[5] [華] dry/bask in the sun; sun-drenched

晒 is the official PRC simplification of 曬, and in HK and Taiwan 晒 is also beginning to replace 曬, relegating 曬 as an ultra-traditional variant.
[粵] cf. 嗮
See also: "晒 and negation" forum thread here: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

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

晒

Don't confuse with:
哂

This word has been viewed 21451 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Jul 2009 03:37

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唔該晒 m4 goi1 saai3 = thank you very much (for services rendered) 粵

多謝晒 do1 ze6 saai3 = thank you very much (for things provided) 粵

食唔晒 sik6 m4 saai3 = unable to finish eating 粵

唔該晒你 m4 goi1 saai3 nei5 = thank you very much (for services rendered) 粵

晒士 saai3*1 si6*2 = size (of clothes, mainly) 粵

食晒 sik6 saai3 = to finish eating 粵

大晒 daai6 saai3 = too big for one's boots 粵

扁晒 bin2 saai3 = completely flattened 粵

入晒我數 jap6 saai3 ngo5 sou3 = put it on my tab (bill)

晒命 saai3 meng6 = swank, to show off, to boast 粵
See all 66 compounds (CantoDict reports 67 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 22 examples containing 晒

部手提電話冇晒電。粵
The mobile phone is out of battery.

你寄晒所有聖誕咭未呀？粵
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?

飯熟晒咁滯粵
The rice is almost done.

呢份工啱晒佢做。粵
This job is fit for him.

我乜嘢都知道晒！粵
I have discovered all.

頭先佢話啲伙記已經出晒去粵
Just now he said all the delivery boys had gone out.

𡃇啦，唔通冇晒廁紙咩？粵
Uh-oh, don't tell me we're out of toilet roll...
[Lit. Crap, could-it-be don't-have all toilet paper [particle]?]

屎你要屙晒出嚟！粵
You need to get it all out of your system at once! [Talking about excretion.]
[Lit. poo you need excrete all out! Note the X晒出嚟 construction here. 嘔晒出嚟 [throw everything up] 喊晒出嚟 [cry]]

佢郁啲撞火﹐撞親火就面都紅晒。粵
His face flares red whenever he gets cross, which happens quite often.
[Cantonese language often prefers 'simple' repetition (撞火) to 'unnatural' conjunction (such as 每當) for the sense of "whenever".]

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.
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