絲 (si1 | si1) : silk

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絲

si1

si1

[1] (natural) silk
[2] anything threadlike; filament; fiber
[3] [classifier] tiny bit; trace; tinge
[4] musical instruments with strings

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 糸 (#120)

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

絲 / 丝

This word has been viewed 10852 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Jul 2009 01:54

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密絲 mat6 si1 = to miss (as phonetic loanword) 粵

肉絲 juk6 si1 = meat-floss

絲毫 si1 hou4 si1 hao2 = a tiny amount

絲綢 si1 cau4 si1 chou2 = silk (cloth)

蠄蟧絲網 kam4 lou4 si1 mong5*1 = spider web 粵

鐵絲網 tit3 si1 mong5 = barbed wire; entanglement

絲瓜絡 si1 gwaa1 lok3*2 si1 gua1 luo4 = loofah, luffa

螺絲鑽 lo4 si1 zyun3 luo2 si1 zuan4 = auger

螺絲釘 lo4 si1 deng1 luo2 si1 ding1 = screw

魚絲 jyu4 si1 = (fishing) line
See all 82 compounds (CantoDict reports 84 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.

用個士巴拿擰實粒螺絲粵
Use to spanner to tighten the screw.

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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: 絲
Unicode code for this character: U+7d72 (off-site link)

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