掃尾

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	tail
trad. (掃尾)		掃	尾
simp. (扫尾)		扫	尾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǎowěi

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu-bér / sàu-bé / sàu-bóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǎowěi [Phonetic: sáowěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǎowěi
  - Wade–Giles: sao³-wei³
  - Yale: sǎu-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saowoei
  - Palladius: саовэй (saovɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ mei⁵
  - Yale: sou méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bér
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bé
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sao'bea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sao'boea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/

Verb

掃尾

to wind up; to round off; to complete the last stage of work