薩 (saat3 | sa4) : Buddhist gods; (transliteration)

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薩

saat3

sa4

[1] a general name of Buddhist gods or immortals; Buddha [2] transliteration of the 'sat' syllable in 'boddhisattva' etc
[3] a Chinese family name

This character is commonly used for transliterating all sorts of names.

Stroke count: 18

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

薩 / 萨

This word has been viewed 5873 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Feb 2012 05:30

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比薩 bei2 saat3 bi3 sa4 = Pizza Pie; Pisa, Italy

薩克斯管 saat3 hak1 si1 gun2 sa4 ke4 si1 guan3 = saxophone 國

薩爾瓦多 saat3 ji5 ngaa5 do1 sa4 er3 wa3 duo1 = El Salvador

比薩餅 bei2 saat3 beng2 bi3 sa4 bing3 = pizza 國

菩薩 pou4 saat3 pu2 sa4 = (Buddhism) Bodhisattva

觀自在菩薩 gun1 zi6 zoi6 pou4 saat3 = the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara

觀世音菩薩 gun1 sai3 jam1 pou4 saat3 = the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara

皮薩草 pei4 saat3 cou2 = oregano

薩爾薩舞 saat3 ji5 saat3 mou5 sa4 er3 sa4 wu3 = salsa dancing (as a loanword)

巴結有錢人好過拜靈菩薩 baa1 git3 jau5 cin4*2 jan4 hou2 gwo3 baai3 leng4 pou4 saat3 ba1 jie5 you3 qian2 ren2 hao3 guo4 bai4 ling2 pu2 sa4 = it is worthwhile to rub shoulders with the wealthy 粵
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波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

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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: 薩
Unicode code for this character: U+85a9 (off-site link)

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