碎 (seoi3 | sui4) : broken; break to pieces; smash; busted

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碎

seoi3

sui4

[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: 石 (#112)

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

碎

This word has been viewed 10596 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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易碎 ji6 seoi3 yi4 sui4 = fragile; breakable

心碎 sam1 seoi3 = heartbroken, brokenhearted

瑣碎 so2 seoi3 = pettiness, trivial

粉碎 fan2 seoi3 fen3 sui4 = to crash; to break up

剁碎 doek3*1 seoi3 duo4 sui4 = mince (as in chopping up)

碎料 seoi3 liu6*2 = small scrap (lit., "broken materials"); a minor matter

雜碎 zaap6 seoi3 za2 sui4 = chop suey, mixed stew; offal; mixed entrails; trivial matters

碎錢 seoi3 cin4*2 = small change

七彩碎紙 cat1 coi2 seoi3 zi2 = confetti 粵

切碎 cit3 seoi3 = to mince (food preparation)
See all 37 compounds (CantoDict reports 40 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 碎

擸埋啲碎銀塞入櫃桶粵
Grab the coins and shove them into the drawer.

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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: 碎
Unicode code for this character: U+788e (off-site link)

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