掃街

掃街

See also: 扫街

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	street
trad. (掃街)		掃	街
simp. (扫街)		扫	街

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎojiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǎojiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saojie
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ gaai¹
    • Yale: sou gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ gai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ käːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

掃街

1. to sweep the streets
2. (photography) to make a clean sweep (of an area with one's camera)
3. (colloquial) to make a clean sweep (of the shops)
4. (Cantonese) to try out every roadside food stall; to make a complete scrutiny of all the street food stalls
5. (chiefly Cantonese) to canvass for votes

Derived terms

掃街機／扫街机