司 (si1 | si1) : department; manage, control

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司

si1

si1

[1] [v] have charge of; control; manage; preside over [2] [n] (government) department

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

司

Don't confuse with:
可何荷

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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公司 gung1 si1 gong1 si1 = company; firm; corporation

行公司 haang4 gung1 si1 = go shopping 粵

派司 paa1 si1*2 = to pass (as phonetic loanword) 粵

打官司 daa2 gun1 si1 da3 guan1 si5 = go to court

刁司 diu1 si1*2 = deuce (loanword, also 刁士,丟士,刁時)

有限公司 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 you3 xian4 gong1 si1 = limited liability company

司機 si1 gei1 si1 ji1 = a driver (of a car)

司法 si1 faat3 si1 fa3 = judicial; administration of justice

司令 si1 ling6 si1 ling4 = commanding officer

司令部 si1 ling6 bou6 si1 ling4 bu4 = military headquarters; military upper command
See all 225 compounds (CantoDict reports 253 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 司

佢晚晚都行公司粵
She goes shopping every night.
[Lit. She evening-evening also walk-company]

我覺得行公司好悶粵
I think going shopping is boring.
[Lit. I feel walk-company very-boring.]

我覺得行公司會悶死我粵
Going shopping bores me to death.
[Lit. I feel walk-company would boring die me]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

你公司嘅名點串呀？粵
How do you spell your company's name?

間公司專門生產電腦。粵
The company specializes in producing computers.

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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: 司
Unicode code for this character: U+53f8 (off-site link)

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