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sai1
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[1] west(ern); the west [2] Western; the West; European; American; Occidental; foreign [3] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
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Don't confuse with: 四匹 |
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西瓜
sai1 gwaa1 = watermelon
西菜
sai1 coi3 = western food
西方
sai1 fong1 = Occidental; the Occident; western
吃東西
hek3 dung1 sai1 = to eat國
東西
dung1 sai1 = east-west; thing; person
馬來西亞
maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 = Malaysia
西南
sai1 naam4 = southwest
西北
sai1 bak1 = northwest
東南西北
dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1 = the four cardinal directions
西山
sai1 saan1 = [1] western hills or mountains; [2] Western Hills (a popular recreation area near Beijing)See all 235 compounds |
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Showing all 5 examples containing 西
我很喜歡喝西瓜汁。‚ 國
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I like to drink watermelon juice.
我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了 國
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We have so much nice food in the house.
喺馬來西亞，未滿17歲嘅人唔准揸車。 粵
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In Malaysia, those who have not reached the age of 17 cannot (legally) drive.
啲西瓜倒瓤咯！ 粵
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The water melons are overly ripe (and spoilt)!
佢做嘢好快手，之不過有時揦西啲 粵
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He is very fast in what he does, but occasionally he can be sloppy. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 西
Unicode code for this character: U+897F (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/66/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">西</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 西
Unicode code for this character: U+897F (off-site link)
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