審 (sam2 | shen3) : examine; cautious; interrogate

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審

sam2

shen3

[1] [v] examine; go over; investigate
[2] [adj] cautious; careful; meticulous
[3] [v] interrogate; hear/try (a case)
[4] [v] know; discern; appreciate
[4] [adv] really; indeed

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 宀 (#40)

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

審 / 审

This word has been viewed 7091 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Apr 2011 14:32

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唔使審 m4 sai2 sam2 = definitely; without doubt 粵

審判 sam2 pun3 shen3 pan4 = put (sb.) on trial

審定 sam2 ding6 shen3 ding4 = examine and approve

審批 sam2 pai1 shen3 pi1 = examine and approve

審查 sam2 caa4 shen3 cha2 = to investigate; to examine; to censor

審理 sam2 lei5 shen3 li3 = to hear (a case)

審美 sam2 mei5 shen3 mei3 = aesthetics

審訊 sam2 seon3 shen3 xun4 = a trial; a courtroom hearing

審議 sam2 ji5 shen3 yi4 = deliberation; consideration

審核 sam2 hat6 shen3 he2 = examine and verify
See all 46 compounds (CantoDict reports 48 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 審

有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎粵
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.

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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: 審
Unicode code for this character: U+5be9 (off-site link)

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