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防晒板fáng shài bǎn
sun visor
Definitions
| Components | |
| 防 | fáng |
| 1. (literary, or in compounds) dam; embankment | |
| 2. (obsolete) fortress; stronghold | |
| 3. (obsolete) to dam; to block; to build an embankment | |
| 4. to prevent; to guard against | |
| 防癌 - to prevent cancer | |
| 這 種 人 不得 不 防。 - You must guard against people like this. | |
| 5. (literary, or in compounds) to defend; to safeguard | |
| 防線 - line of defense | |
| 6. (literary, or in compounds) matters pertaining to defense | |
| 邊防 - border defense | |
| 國防 - national defense | |
| 晒 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 曬 | |
| 2. Simplified form of 嗮 | |
| 嗮 | sài |
| 1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) (Verbal aspect marker for full extent.) | |
| 做 嗮 功課 未 呀？ - Have you finished all your homework? | |
| 今晚maan5-1 唔 知 點解 個個 都 冇乜 胃口，搞到 食 剩zing6 嗮 啲 餸。 - For some reason, everyone is not hungry tonight and left all the food almost untouched. | |
| 多謝 嗮！ - Thank you very much! | |
| 等 佢哋 走 嗮 先。 - Wait until they've all gone. | |
| 已經 喺 嗮 出便 啦。 - They're all outside already. | |
| 2. (Nanning Cantonese) (Verbal aspect marker for completion of an action (perfective).) | |
| 3. Variant of 嘥 | |
| 曬 | shài |
| 1. (of the sun) to shine on | |
| 2. to sun; to expose or dry in the sun | |
| 曬 衣服fu - to dry clothes in the sun - | |
| 3. (Cantonese) with strong sunshine; glaring; glaringly hot | |
| 4. (Cantonese, photography) to print photos | |
| 5. (neologism, slang) to display publicly to show off; to share (in order to fish for compliments) | |
| 板 | bǎn |
| 1. plank; board | |
| 木板 - board; plank | |
| 玻璃 板 - glass board | |
| 2. blackboard | |
| 板報 | |
| 3. sluggish; stiff; inflexible | |
| 呆板 - sluggish | |
| 古板 - stuffy; old-fashioned and inflexible | |
| 4. to harden; hardened | |
| 5. (internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard) | |
| 6. (music) clapper | |
| 7. (music) beat; meter; rhythm (in music or Chinese opera) | |
| 行板 - andante | |
| 散sǎn板 - sanban | |
| 8. to look serious or displeased | |
| 9. (literary or Min Nan) wooden coffin | |
| 10. (Min Nan) ability; capability; talent | |
| 11. (Suzhou) to have to; must | |
| 噶 聲 閒話 板 是 俚 說 噶。 - That voice must be his., W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19 | |
| 12. Variant of 闆 | |
| 闆 | bǎn |
| 1. Only used in 老闆 | |
| 2. to look from a door (attn, zh, please check: 門中視) | |
Pronunciation
fáng shài bǎn
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