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The Cantonese word sai - 使 - sai2
(to use in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von saiDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de saiFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española desaiEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

sai2
also: si3, si2

English translations

to use, to send, to cause someone to, messenger, if,
envoy, supposing, to make

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 使 ( sai2 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
使
The traditional Chinese characters of sai2 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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使 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

mission  |  to incite
使 ( sai / sai2 ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 171)
Other characters that are pronounced sai2 in Cantonese
驶 (to drive) , 洗 (to wash)
More words that mean to use in Cantonese
fai3 ( 费 ), ji5 ( 以 ), jung6 ( 用 ), zoeng1 ( 将 )
More words that mean to send in Cantonese
gei3 ( 寄 ), paai1 ( 派 ), tau4 ( 投 ), wai1 ( 委 ), zi3 ( 致 )

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