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嘥

sāi

Character

What 嘥 means

1. to waste (Cantonese)

Sounds the same

Read sāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腮cheek
• 塞to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
• 噻used in transliteration
• 鳃gills of fish
• 揌to shake

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