洩 (sit3) — let out (fluid or gas); discharge; release in Cantonese
sit˗₃洩简 泄
Mandarin Pinyin: xie4
Meaning of 洩
nounlet out (fluid or gas); discharge; release
noungive rent to; vent one's anger
nounleak; divulge; reveal
Example Sentences with 洩
ceonˉ¹春gwongˉ¹光zaa˗₃乍sit˗₃洩wo˗₃喎。
The spring scenery is revealed!
faat˗₃發sit˗₃洩jatˉ¹一haaˏ₅下
Let off some steam.
tiuˎ₄條soengˉ¹消hei˗₃息sit˗₃洩louˍ₆漏zo2.咗。
The news has been leaked.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好sit˗₃洩louˍ₆漏bei˗₃秘mat6.密。
Don't leak the secret.
seoiˊ²水hauˎ₄喉sit˗₃洩louˍ₆漏gan2.緊。
The tap is leaking.
Words Containing 洩
水洩不通seoi2 sit3 bat1 tung1
1. very crowded 2. guarded or defended so well that not even water can get through
外洩ngoi6 sit3
leak (of confidential information)
排洩paai4 sit3
excretion (variant of 排泄)
春光乍洩ceon1 gwong1 zaa3
the emergence of the scenery of spring; the exposure of something intimate / indecent (such as an affairs being exposed or sensitive areas of the body being revealed); to give a glimpse of something intimate such as one's undies [written and colloquial]
宣洩syun1 sit3
to drain (by releasing water); to unbosom; to disclose; to divulge a secret
洩露sit3 lou6
disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown)
發洩faat3 sit3
let off; take out; abreact; vent
洩氣sit3 hei3
discouraged; deflate (air from a tire/tyre)
洩漏sit3 lau6
to leak
洩密sit3 mat6
divulge or disclose a secret; breach a confidence
天機不可洩漏tin1 gei1 bat1 ho2 sit3 lau6
not be able to confide a secret
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