些 (se1 | xie1) : some; a bit

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些

se1

xie1

[1] some; a few
[2] (adv) a bit; a little; somewhat

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 二 (#7)

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

些

This word has been viewed 8712 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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些少 se1 siu2 xie1 shao3 = a little; a bit 粵

爭些少 zaang1 se1 siu2 = almost 粵

有些 jau5 se1 you3 xie1 = some; somewhat 國

有一些 jau5 jat1 se1 you3 yi1 xie1 = somewhat 國

一些 jat1 se1 yi1 xie1 = some; a little 國

這些 ze2 se1 zhe4 xie5 = these 國

好些 hou2 se1 hao3 xie1 = a good deal of, quite a lot

某些 mau5 se1 mou3 xie1 = some, certain (things)

那些 naa5 se1 na4 xie1 = those 國

多些 do1 se1 = a little
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他把好些書存放在我這兒了。國
He has left a number of books with me.

這些囚犯被分批帶出去槍斃了。國
The prisoners were led out in batches and shot.

現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。國
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

這樣做豈不更實際些？國
Wouldn't that be more practical?

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