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The Cantonese word siu sam - 小心 - siu2 sam1
(careful in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

siu2 sam1

English translations

careful, to take care, caution, Be careful!,
to look out

Chinese characters:

小心
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小心 (siu2 sam1) is composed of these characters: 小, 心
The traditional Chinese characters of siu2 sam1 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Accidents, Disasters and Emergencies

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

small  |  also: thinking
小心 ( siu sam / siu2 sam1 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 360)
More words that mean careful in Cantonese
sai3 ( 细 ), zi2 sai3 ( 仔细 )

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