扇 (sin3) — fan; door panel in Cantonese
sin˗₃扇Mandarin Pinyin: shan4
Meaning of 扇
nounfan; door panel
nounleaf (for doors, windows, etc)
Example Sentences with 扇
你可唔可以同我開一開個風扇呀？
Can you please turn on the fan for me?
佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.
baˊ²把tangˎ₄藤sin˗₃扇ze˗₃借ngoˏ₅我。
Lend me the rattan fan.
niˉ¹呢baˊ²把tangˎ₄藤sin˗₃扇houˊ²好gauˍ₆舊。
This rattan fan is very old.
sauˊ²手zapˉ¹執tangˎ₄藤sin˗₃扇。
Holding a rattan fan.
Words Containing 扇
扇貝sin3 bui3
scallop
扇骨sin3 gwat1
framework/ribs/mount of a folding fan
風扇fung1 sin3
electric fan
風扇皮帶fung1 sin3 pei4 daai2
fan belt
抽氣扇cau1 hei3 sin3
noun; exhaust fan or ventilation fan
撥大葵扇but6 daai6 kwai4 sin3
being a matchmaker
夏爐冬扇haa6 lou4 dung1 sin3
describes wasted and ineffective efforts when doing things not according to the needs; literally: stove in summer and fan in winter
老公撥扇lou5 gung1 put3 sin3
(literally: husband fans); miserable; desolate; pitiful
撥扇put3 sin3
wave a fan
鴻運扇hung4 wan6 sin3
a box fan
立地扇laap6 dei6 sin3
a stand-fan
揸大葵扇zaa1 daai6 kwai4 sin3
act as a match-maker
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