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  seoi3   jyutping
  sui4   pinyin
[1] broken; break to pieces; smash; busted; torn [2] trivial; unimportant; trifling [3] garrulous; gabby [4] cut hair short


Stroke count: 13
Level: 3
Radical: (#112)

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

This word has been viewed 8453 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2018 15:29

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detail  ji6 seoi3  yi4 sui4 = fragile; breakable
detail  sam1 seoi3   = heartbroken, brokenhearted
detail  so2 seoi3   = pettiness, trivial
detail  fan2 seoi3  fen3 sui4 = to crash; to break up
detail  doek3*1 seoi3  duo4 sui4 = mince (as in chopping up)
detail  seoi3 liu6*2   = small scrap (lit., "broken materials"); a minor matter
detail  zaap6 seoi3  za2 sui4 = chop suey, mixed stew; offal; mixed entrails; trivial matters
detail  seoi3 cin4*2   = small change
detail  cat1 coi2 seoi3 zi2   = confetti
detail  cit3 seoi3   = to mince (food preparation)
See all 37 compounds (CantoDict reports 40 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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detail 碎銀塞入櫃桶
Grab the coins and shove them into the drawer.

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