錫 (sek3 | xi1 xi2) : tin; cherish; kiss; bestow

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錫

sek3

xi1 xi2

[1] [n] tin; stannum (Sn)
[2] [粵] [v] cherish; kiss (as variant of 惜)
[3] [v] [literary] bestow; grant (as variant of 賜)

Pinyin xi1 is used in China, xi2 in Taiwan.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

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

錫 / 锡

Don't confuse with:
鍚

This word has been viewed 22563 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Apr 2014 14:26

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錫紙 sek3 zi2 xi1 zhi3 = tinfoil

錫鉛合金 sek3 jyun4 hap6 gam1 = pewter

錫住 sek3 zyu6 = to favour (someone) 粵

錫晒 sek3 saai3 = favouring unconditionally 粵

錫埋 sek3 maai4 = kiss 粵

錫身 sek3 san1 (PRC) xi1 shen1; (Taiwan) xi2 shen1 = to take care of one's body 粵

焊錫 hon6 sek3 han4 xi1 (PRC) / xi2 (Taiwan) = solder

錫克 sek3 hak1 xi1 [PRC] xi2 [TW] ke4 = Sikhs

錫克教 sek3 hak1 gaau3 xi1[PRC] xi2 [TW] ke4 jiao4 = Sikhism

無錫 mou4 sek3 wu2 xi1 = Wuxi, Zhejiang, China
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Showing 1 example containing 錫

李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
[(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]

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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: 錫
Unicode code for this character: U+932b (off-site link)

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