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  saai1   jyutping
[1] [v] waste; squander; ruin
[2] [adj] wasteful; extravagant
*From Classical Chinese, originally meaning lost, and then evolved to mean wasting resources and materials. Preserved in Cantonese.

Default PoS: verb
Stroke count: 15
Level: 4

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 1569 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by SaNgUi on 2nd May 2014 10:37 and last edited on 2nd May 2014 10:38

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