曬 (saai3 | shai4) : shine upon, bask

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曬

saai3

shai4

[1] shine upon; bask/dry in the sun
[2] [粵] brightly sunlit

晒 is also a traditional form with a different meaning.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 23

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

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

曬 / 晒

This word has been viewed 10337 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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曬傷 saai3 soeng1 shai4 shang1 = sunburn

曬太陽 saai3 taai3 joeng4 = bask in the sun

曬命 saai3 meng6 = swank, to show off, to boast 粵

曬衫 saai3 saam1 = to dry the laundry (out in the sun) 粵

曬馬 saai3 maa5 = a triad show of force 粵

曬馬纜 saai3 maa5 laam6*2 = to visit a brothel; to go to an hourly hotel (for sex) 粵

曬圖 saai3 tou4 shai4 tu2 = [n] blueprint; [v] make a blueprint

曬月光 saai3 jyut6 gwong1 = to date on a moonlit night 粵

曬黑 saai3 hak1 sha4 hei1 = suntanned

西曬 sai1 saai3 xi1 shai4 = (of a room) to have exposure to the sun from the west
See all 12 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 曬

佢曬到好黑粵
He's tanned.
[Lit. he shine arrive (very) black]

佢曬太陽曬到黑猛猛粵
He sunbathed so much he got a great tan.
[Lit. he shine-sun shine-arrive pitch black. 佢曬到黑猛猛 is okay too.]

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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: 曬
Unicode code for this character: U+66ec (off-site link)

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