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

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

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

Derived terms

掃街機／扫街机

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