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› 掃
掃
sou3
Mandarin: sao3
Simplified: 扫
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1
to sweep
2
to clear away
3
to raid
4
to disrupt
5
to attack
6
all
7
disappointed
8
to sketch
9
to sweep across
10
to move quickly left and right
11
to round off
12
to sweep the tomb
13
a broom
14
# adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
掃
sou3
[[to sweep]] | sou pau 掃把 — to raid, to disrupt, to attack, to do a series
Words containing 掃
掃把
sou3
baa2
broom. [國]: 掃帚
顏面掃地
ngaan4
min6
sou3
dei6
great loss of face
掃描
sou3
miu4
to scan (electronic)
眼掃視
ngaan5
sou3
si6
saccade, the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus fr
掃硬
sou3
ngaang6
eliminate [colloquial] | to totally wipe out
掃街
sou3
gaai1
street sweeping; to canvas (for votes, sales, etc.)
掃貨
sou3
fo3
verb; go on a shopping spree
掃興
sou3
hing3
[[to be a spoilsport]] to be a spoilsport, to ruin an occasion (gwdl 248, 27).
掃爆
sou3
ngaang6
[[to sweep with force]] to sweep with force; to wipe out, to eliminate an enemy.
掃黃
sou3
wong6
[[to sweep the yellow]] to clamp down on the vice-trade, to crack-down on prosti
掃場
sou3
coeng4
club | to raid and disrupt a business venue | shop etc by force [colloquial]
掃帚星
sou3
zaau2
sing1
comet; jinx, bearer of bad luck | [粵]: 彗星, 掃把星
掃風
sou3
fung1
to pat babies' back so they won't puke out the milk; to burp a baby
掃墓人士
sou3
mou6
jan4
si6
grave-sweepers
掃毒
sou3
duk6
drug squad; virus scan
掃墓
sou3
mou6
to pay tribute to a (friend's or relative's) tomb for Ching Ming
掃地機
sou3
dei6
gei1
a floor sweeper (large mechanical or push sweeper)
威風掃地
wai1
fung1
sou3
dei6
completely discredited
掃黃
sou3
wong4
vice crackdown; anti-vice; eliminate pornography
掃描指紋
sou3
miu4
zi2
man4
provide a thumb imprint
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