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[1] west(ern); the west [2] Western; the West; European; American; Occidental; foreign [3] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 四匹 |
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密西西比州 mat6 sai1 sai1 bei2 zau1 = Mississippi - US State; also 密州 for short 西瓜 sai1 gwaa1 = watermelon 西菜 sai1 coi3 = western food 西方 sai1 fong1 = Occidental; the Occident; western 吃東西 hek3 dung1 sai1 = to eat 國 東西 dung1 sai1 = east-west; thing; person 馬來西亞 maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 = Malaysia 西南 sai1 naam4 = southwest 西北 sai1 bak1 = northwest 東南西北 dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1 = the four cardinal directions See all 288 compounds (CantoDict reports 299 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 9 examples containing 西
套西裝洗咗喇 粵
The suit has been cleaned. [[literal] 套 (classifier) + 西裝 western suit + 洗咗 have washed + 喇 (final particle) This simple sentence shows that passive construction in Cantonese does not always need a passive marker (俾) as it does in English.]
搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。 粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).
新澤西州到處都係不毛之地 粵
New Jersey is just barren wasteland. [Lit. New Jersey everywhere also is barren wasteland. Originally the sentence was 死神界到處都是不毛之地, but I gave it a little twist!] 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. |