篩 (sai1 | shai1) : sieve; screen; filter

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篩

sai1

shai1

[1] [n,v] sieve; screen; filter; sift; sifter
[2] [v] pour wine; warm up wine over a fire
[3] [粵] oust; knock out; eliminate | [華] 淘汰
[4] [粵] jolt; bump; jerk; toss | [國] 顛簸

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 竹 (#118)

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

篩 / 筛

This word has been viewed 5319 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Jan 2012 13:26

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篩子 sai1 zi2 shai1 zi5 = sieve

篩檢 sai1 gim2 shai1 jian3 = a screening (medical)

篩選 sai1 syun2 shai1 xuan3 = to filter; screening, sieving, sieve separating

篩身篩勢 sai1 san1 sai1 sai3 = swaying the body from side to side 粵

篩粉機 sai1 fan2 gei1 = a sifter

篩粉 sai1 fan2 = to sift

篩斗 sai1 dau2 = to sieve 粵

篩米 sai1 mai5 = to sift rice

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唔好篩嚟篩去粵
Do not sway about

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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: 篩
Unicode code for this character: U+7be9 (off-site link)

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