腮 (soi1 | sai1) : cheek

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腮

soi1

sai1

cheek

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

腮

This word has been viewed 2952 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Feb 2011 09:03

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腮腺炎 soi1 sin3 jim4 sai1 xian4 yan2 = mumps

抓耳撓腮 zaau2 ji5 naau4 soi1 zhua1 er3 nao2 sai1 = scratch one's head

鼓埋泡腮 gu2 maai4 paau1 soi1 = pent up in frustration 粵

痄腮 zaa3 soi1 zha4 sai5 = mumps

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佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy

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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: 腮
Unicode code for this character: U+816e (off-site link)

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