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  saan3 saan2   jyutping
  san4 san3   pinyin
(1)
[saan3 & san4]
[1] disperse; scatter; break up
[2] distribute; disseminate; spread
[3] get rid of; remove; get over

(2)
[saan2 & san3]
[1] undisciplined; unrestricted; slack
[2] scattered; dissolved; broken up
[3] medicinal powder

(1) As a verb, the nasal-ending syllable has a stop-ending synonym in [saat3].
Stroke count: 12
Level: 3
Radical: (#66)

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

This word has been viewed 11904 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Jul 2009 14:40

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detail  saan2 fong4  san4 fang2 = Single Room Occupancy (SRO) - type of low income housing
detail  saan3 wui6*2  san4 hui4 = meeting is over
detail  saan3 hoi1   = to disperse
detail  saan2 man4  san3 wen2 = prose
detail  saan3 bou3  san4 bu4 = to disseminate; to spread (information)
detail  saan3 bou6  san4 bu4 = to go for a walk; to take a walk
detail  saan3 faat3   = to issue; to distribute; to emit
detail  jat1 hung6 ji4 saan3  yi1 hong1 er2 san4 = (idiom) disperse in confusion
detail  gaai2 saan3  jie3 san4 = to disband; to dissolve; to dismantle; to break up
detail  fan1 saan3  fen1 san4 = to scatter; to disperse
See all 74 compounds (CantoDict reports 80 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 散
detail audio 唔該暢散一百
Would you give me change for the hundred-dollar note?
detail 散咗好耐
I split up with her a long time ago.
[[literal] I with her have-separated very long already]
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