潲

Mandarin · pinyin shào

Meanings

  1. driving rain
  2. to sprinkle
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潲
shào · driving rain; to sprinkle
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4 · shao4

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saau3 · siu6

Cantonese word readings for 潲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. swill
  2. (colloquial, of rain) to fall aslant
  3. (dialectal, including Beijing and Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Jin) to sprinkle; to spray

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, vulgar) semen
  2. (Hokkien, vulgar, postpositive) Vulgar intensifier suffix added after certain verbs and adjectives to make it sound more vulgar.: the fuck; as fuck; as hell

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