Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚ
Mandarin (Pinyin): shuā
Cantonese (Jyutping): ['caat3']
Definitions:
  1. a brush

  2. to paint; to daub

  3. to brush; to scrub

  4. (fig) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)

  5. (onom) swish; rustle

  6. to swipe (a card)

  7. to scroll on (a phone)


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Chinese characters used in this word

printing, print, brush, clean with brush, scrub
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄨㄚ (shuā), ㄕㄨㄚˋ (shuà)
Cantonese: caat3
Japanese: サツ (satsu) / す.る (suru)、 -ず.り (-zuri)、 は.く (haku)、 はけ (hake)
Korean: 쇄 (swae)
Vietnamese: xoát, loát