掃帚

See also: 扫帚

Chinese

broom; to sweep broom
trad. (掃帚)
simp. (扫帚)
alternative forms 掃箒扫帚

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sao3 siu2 - China, Pontianak;
  • sao3 ciu2 - Singapore.
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 5sau-tseu5
      • MiniDict: sau tseu
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2sau-tseu2
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ t͡sɤ⁴⁴/
    • (Northern: Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 5sau-tseu3
      • MiniDict: sau tseu
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sæ⁵² t͡søy³³/
    • (Northern: Changzhou)
      • Wugniu: 3sau-tsei3
      • MiniDict: sau tsei
      • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /saɯ⁴⁵ t͡sei⁵⁵/

Noun

掃帚

  1. broom (Classifier: m c)
  2. Alternative name for 地膚地肤 (“Bassia scoparia”).

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 丟下耙兒弄掃帚 / 丢下耙儿弄扫帚
  • 屋無主,掃帚顛倒豎 / 屋无主,扫帚颠倒竖
  • 掃帚星 / 扫帚星
  • 芒掃帚 / 芒扫帚
  • 銅盆撞了鐵掃帚 / 铜盆撞了铁扫帚
  • 鐵掃帚 / 铁扫帚

References

  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “268 扫帚(统称)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.