梳 (so1) — to comb; to braid; to plait in Cantonese
soˉ¹梳Mandarin Pinyin: shu1
Meaning of 梳
nounto comb; to braid; to plait
nouna comb; coarse comb; brush
nouna hand/bunch of (bananas)
noun(slang) the unit of bananas = a bunch of bananas
Example Sentences with 梳
我買咗一梳蕉
I bought a hand of bananas.
你啲頭髮平時咁撈攪，點解今晚梳頭
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?
faai˗₃快diˉ¹啲zoengˉ¹將tou˗₃套soˉ¹梳faaˊ²化bunˉ¹搬fannˉ¹翻faanˉ¹翻laiˎ₄嚟！
Hurry up and move the sofa back here!
maaiˏ₅買soˉ¹梳faaˉ¹化haiˊ²喺douˍ₆度
Buy a sofa here.
keoiˏ₅佢waangˎ₄橫hamˍ₆冚haiˊ²喺soˉ¹梳faaˉ¹化taiˊ²睇dinˍ₆電si6.視。
He's lying on the sofa watching TV.
Words Containing 梳
帶兩梳蕉daai3 loeng5 so1 ziu1
visit sb. empty-handed; neglect to bring a gift when visiting sb., in Taiwan they say 帶兩串蕉
人壽燕梳jan4 sau6 jin3 so1
life insurance
梳打餅so1 daa2 beng2
soda cracker
燕梳jin3 so1
insurance (loanword)
梳打so1 daa2
a soda (as phonetic loanword)
梳洗so1 sai2
combine and brushing, a form of execution where one is combed by metal brushes which remove chunks of flesh
兩梳蕉loeng5 so1 ziu1
to visit one without any gift
梳起so1 hei2
a spinster, a woman who has no intention of getting married; a woman who is "married to herself" (自梳). This term refers to how the hair was combed up, which was only done by married women.
買燕梳maai5 jin3 so1
to insure onself (against)
梳化椅so1 faa2 ji2
a sofa
梳化so1 faa2
sofa; couch | Std. Chin.: 沙發
金梳gam1 so1
"come ashore" (loanword)
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