掃尾

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	tail
trad. (掃尾)		掃	尾
simp. (扫尾)		扫	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎowěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu-bér / sàu-bé / sàu-bóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎowěi [Phonetic: sáowěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎowěi
    • Wade–Giles: sao³-wei³
    • Yale: sǎu-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saowoei
    • Palladius: саовэй (saovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ mei⁵
    • Yale: sou méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bér
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bé
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'boea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/

Verb

掃尾

1. to wind up; to round off; to complete the last stage of work