扇 (sin3 | shan4 shan1 ) : fan; leaf

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扇

sin3

shan4 shan1

[粵] sin3 [國] shan4
[1] [n] fan; door panel
[2] [classifier] leaf (for doors, windows, etc)

[粵] sin3 [國] shan1
[1] [v] fan; wave a fan
[2] [v] variant of 煽

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 戶 (#63)

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

扇

This word has been viewed 6486 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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撥扇 put3 sin3 bo1 shan4 = wave a fan

風扇 fung1 sin3 feng1 shan4 = electric fan

扇子 sin3 zi2 shan1 zi5 = fan 國

電風扇 din6 fung1 sin3 dian4 feng1 shan4 = electrical fan

電筒風扇 din6 tung4*2 fung1 sin3 = portable fan

電動風扇 din6 dung6 fung1 sin3 = electric fan

鴻運扇 hung4 wan6 sin3 = a box fan

立地扇 laap6 dei6 sin3 = a stand-fan

扇葉 sin3 jip6*2 shan1 ye4 = a fan blade

揸大葵扇 zaa1 daai6 kwai4 sin3 zha1 da4 kui2 shan4 = act as a match-maker 粵
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Showing all 2 examples containing 扇

你可唔可以同我開一開個風扇呀？粵
Can you please turn on the fan for me?

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 扇
Unicode code for this character: U+6247 (off-site link)

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