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wan2 wan3
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[粵] wan2 - Cantonese only [1] search; find; look for [2] use; make use of [3] earn (money) [粵] wan3 | [國] wen4 [1] press with fingers [2] wipe off (tears) Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: 扌 (#64)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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搵食 wan2 sik6 = to earn a living; to look for food 粵 搵返 wan2 faan1 = recover 粵 搵到 wan2 dou3*2 = find 粵 講笑搵第樣 gong2 siu3 wan2 dai6 joeng6*2 = this is no laughing matter 粵 搵老襯 wan2 lou5 can3 = to be tricked or cheated by someone 粵 搵笨 wan2 ban6 = to cheat; to con 粵 搵周公 wan2 zau1 gung1 = go to bed 粵 搵工 wan2 gung1 = job hunt 粵 騎牛搵馬 ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5 = (fig.) to mark time 粵 搵世界 wan2 sai3 gaai3 = to search for a living 粵 See all 27 compounds |
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Showing all 18 examples containing 搵
個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體 粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk. [Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]
搵日一齊食飯啦。 粵
Let's have lunch together some day. [The Cantonese word order 搵日 (some day) 一齊 (together) 食飯 (have lunch) 啦 (let's) is the exact opposite of the English version.]
我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己 粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?
好彩得到你細心查核,搵到問題嘅所在 粵
Fortunately due to your careful checks, we are able to find where the problem lies.
李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦 粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him. [(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]
我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂 粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.
唔知點解佢要搵你算賬。 粵
I don't know why he has a bone to pick with you. [[literal] Don't know why he has to with you settle accounts. ]
學校咁大﹐唔知去邊度搵佢至啱。 粵
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him. [唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]
佢頭先搵你嚟。 粵
He has just been looking for you. [The final particle 嚟 indicates the completion of an action.] Legend 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. |