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駛

简驶 · 繁駛

Mandarin · pinyin shǐ

(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed
(of a vehicle) to run; to go
(of a boat) to sail

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驶: shǐ · sail, drive, pilot; fast, quick

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3 · shi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai2 · si2

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

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to run quickly; to dash; to scamper; to gallop
to drive (a vehicle); to sail (a vessel); to fly (an aircraft)
(Cantonese) alternative form of 使 (sai2, “to need to; to need”)
(Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar) alternative form of 使 (sái, “to fuck”)

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