隨 (ceoi4 | sui2) : follow; come after; trace

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隨

ceoi4

sui2

[1] [v] follow; trace; come after [2] [v] listen to; submit to; comply with [3] [v] let (it go, it be, etc.) [4] [v] accompany [5] [v] resemble; look alike [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

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

隨 / 随

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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隨便 ceoi4 bin6*2 sui2 bian4 = casual; careless; to do as one pleases

隨時 ceoi4 si4 sui2 shi2 = at any time; whenever

隨時隨地 ceoi4 si4 ceoi4 dei6 = whenever, wherever; at any time, at any place

隨後 ceoi4 hau6 sui2 hou4 = soon after

隨即 ceoi4 zik1 sui2 ji2 = immediately

隨意 ceoi4 ji3 sui2 yi4 = as one wishes

隨手 ceoi4 sau2 sui2 shou3 = at one's convenience

隨着 ceoi4 zoek6 sui2 zhe5 = along with 國

伴隨 bun6 ceoi4 ban4 sui2 = to follow; to accompany

跟隨 gan1 ceoi4 gen1 sui2 = to follow
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Showing all 7 examples containing 隨

係徐志摩，唔係隨處摸！粵
it's 徐志摩(a famous Chinese writer), not 除處摸 (touching everywhere around)!

隨便你。
Do as you please.

我不敢隨便填寫我的個人資料。國
I do not dare carelessly fill out [on a form] my personal information.

我唔敢隨便填我啲個人資料。粵
I do not dare carelessly fill out [on a form] my personal information.

騎樓嘅花盆危危乎，隨時都會跌落去噉粵
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

佢想表達嘅係佢可以隨心所欲粵
He wants to show that he can have his own way.

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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: 隨
Unicode code for this character: U+96A8 (off-site link)

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