涉 (sip3 | she4) : wade; undergo; involve

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涉

sip3

she4

[1] wade; ford; cross
[2] undergo; experience; go through
[3] involve; implicate; relate to

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

涉

This word has been viewed 6939 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Sep 2010 14:22

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涉及 sip3 kap6 she4 ji2 = involve; concern; relate to

干涉 gon1 sip3 gan1 she4 = to interfere

涉外 sip3 ngoi6 she4 wai4 = with regards to things foreign

交涉 gaau1 sip3 jiao1 she4 = to negotiate; to discuss matters; to make representations

牽涉 hin1 sip3 qian1 she4 = to involve; to concern; to drag in; to implicate

涉嫌 sip3 jim4 she4 xian2 = to be a suspect (in a crime); under suspicion

涉世 sip3 sai3 = to go through tentatively, have a taste of

不干涉 bat1 gon1 sip3 bu4 gan1 she4 = noninterference, nonintervention 國

涉水 sip3 seoi2 she4 shui3 = wade into water

涉案 sip3 on3 she4 an4 = (person) involved in (the case); person of interest

隔涉 gaak3 sip3 ge2 she4 = remote; out-of-the-way 粵

涉獵 sip3 lip6 she4 lie4 = read through quickly; read cursorily

長途跋涉 coeng4 tou4 bat6 sip3 chang2 tu2 ba2 she4 = make a long and arduous journey on foot; a long and difficult trek

涉谷 sip3 guk1 = Shibuya (major nightlife area in Tokyo)

涉外經濟 sip3 ngoi6 ging1 zai3 she4 wai4 jing1 ji4 = foreign-related business (common formation)

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佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

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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: 涉
Unicode code for this character: U+6d89 (off-site link)

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