掃帚

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See also: 扫帚

Chinese

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


Note:
  • sao3 siu2 - China, Pontianak;
  • sao3 ciu2 - Singapore.

Noun

掃帚

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

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References

  • 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “268 扫帚(统称)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.