酥 (sou1 | su1) : shortbread; flaky; feeble

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酥

sou1

su1

[1] [n] shortbread; short pastry
[2] [adj] flaky; crunchy; crispy; spongy | [synonym] 脆
[3] [adj] feeble; weak; limp

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 酉 (#164)

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

酥

This word has been viewed 4584 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jan 2011 01:54

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酥皮 sou1 pei4*2 = crust

叉燒酥 caa1 siu1 sou1 = barbequed pork puff pastry

芋頭酥 wu6 tau4*2 sou1 yu4 tou2 su1 = taro pastries

合桃酥 hap6 tou4 sou1 = Chinese walnut cookie 粵

酥油茶 sou1 jau4 caa4 su1 you2 cha2 = butter tea, Tibetan tea

酥脆 sou1 ceoi3 su1 cui4 = crispy;crunchy

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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: 酥
Unicode code for this character: U+9165 (off-site link)

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