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  sung3   jyutping
  song4   pinyin
[1] send; deliver; dispatch; convey
[2] give (as a gift); present
[3] see sb off/out; accompany sb to; take/drive sb to
[4] lose; waste


verb
Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: (#162)

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

This word has been viewed 12311 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2009 16:07

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detail  sung3 fo3  song4 huo4 = deliver goods
detail  dyun6 sung3  duan4 song4 = forfeit
detail  sung3 fo3 jyun4  song4 huo4 yuan2 = delivery man
detail  maai5 jat1 sung3 jat1   = buy one get one free
detail  sung3 zung1   = attend upon a dying relative
detail  sung3 lai5  song4 li3 = to give sb. a present; to present sb. a gift
detail  sung3 haang4  song4 xing2 = to see sb. off
detail  syu1 sung3  shu1 song4 = to transport; to carry
detail  bo3 sung3  bo1 song4 = broadcast; transmit; beam
detail  wan6 sung3  yun4 song4 = to transport
See all 57 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 8 examples containing 送
detail 我唔知邊個邊度
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.
detail 畀你
I've got something to give you.
detail audio 若果聖誕老人送禮畀你
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.
detail 的話聖誕老公公不會禮物
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!
detail 唔要嘅話可以第二個
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else.
[Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]
detail 真係多謝雪中送炭我哋先至難關
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.
detail 送禮心意
With gift-giving, it's the thought that counts. [Lit.] (with) gift-giving, it's about thought.
[講 is short for 講求.]
detail 聽日聚會頸鏈
At tomorrow's gathering, I will be wearing the necklace you gave me.
[住 (-ing) is a durative marker in a future tense sentence here.]

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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