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掃
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to sweep]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to sweep]]
  2. 2 sou pau 掃把 — to raid, to disrupt, to attack, to do a series of raids, to "do a sweep"
  3. 3 sou bāa 掃把 — [to sweep with a broom] to force someone to leave; to evict someone; a supervisor (e.g. in an office, an academic supervisor, etc.)
  4. 4 sou bāa sing 掃把是 — [broom star] a person who always brings in ill fortune
  5. 5 sou bāa tauh 掃把頭 — [broom head] a person with unruly hair
  6. 6 sou cheuhng 掃場 — to disrupt a business by force, to smash up a shop, a video game centre, a nightclub, etc.; to raid a building, club etc.
Other Readings
掃
to sketch | to attack | to sweep the tomb | to move quickly left and right | to
Words containing 掃
掃把
broom. [國]: 掃帚
顏面掃地
great loss of face
掃描
to scan (electronic)
眼掃視
saccade, the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus fr
掃硬
eliminate [colloquial] | to totally wipe out
掃街
street sweeping; to canvas (for votes, sales, etc.)
掃貨
verb; go on a shopping spree
掃興
[[to be a spoilsport]] to be a spoilsport, to ruin an occasion (gwdl 248, 27).
掃爆
[[to sweep with force]] to sweep with force; to wipe out, to eliminate an enemy.
掃黃
[[to sweep the yellow]] to clamp down on the vice-trade, to crack-down on prosti
掃場
club | to raid and disrupt a business venue | shop etc by force [colloquial]
掃帚星
comet; jinx, bearer of bad luck | [粵]: 彗星, 掃把星
掃風
to pat babies' back so they won't puke out the milk; to burp a baby
掃墓人士
grave-sweepers
掃毒
drug squad; virus scan
掃墓
to pay tribute to a (friend's or relative's) tomb for Ching Ming
掃地機
a floor sweeper (large mechanical or push sweeper)
威風掃地
completely discredited
掃黃
vice crackdown; anti-vice; eliminate pornography
掃描指紋
provide a thumb imprint
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