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手指
sau2 zi2
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[1] finger [2][港] flash memory stick  Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,730,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 3303 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 1st Aug 2004 13:28 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 16:28 |
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Characters in this word:手 sau2 - hand指 zi2 - finger; point to; refer to; depend on 13 compounds containing this word:手指公 - thumb手指甲 - fingernail 手指尾 - little finger 金手指 - put the finger on; a squealer, one who testifies as a witness 十隻手指有長短 - you sometimes cannot ask for absolute fairness 啜手指 - [v] to suck fingers 勾手指 - holding hands (lit., "linking fingers") 手指紋 - fingerprint; finger-print 手指拗出唔拗入 - help outsiders and not side your own 勾手指尾 - pinkie promise; pinkie swear 手指罅疏 - big spender; sb. who squanders their money away 手指指 - rudely point one's finger at 手指罅 - space between two fingers |
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One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
手紙
sau2 zi2 = toilet paper; toilet tissue 國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. |
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