錫 (sek3) — cherish; kiss (as variant of 惜) in Cantonese
sek˗₃錫
简 锡
Mandarin Pinyin: xi1
Meaning of 錫
nouncherish; kiss (as variant of 惜)
nountin; stannum (Sn)
nounbestow; grant (as variant of 賜)
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Example Sentences with 錫
leiˏ₅李lin˗₃連gitˍ₆杰douˉ¹都syun算geiˊ²幾sek˗₃錫san1,身,douˍ₆導yinˊ²演douˉ¹都bongˉ¹幫keoiˏ₅佢wanˊ²搵maaiˎ₄埋tai˗₃替sanˉ¹身laa˗₃啦
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
sek˗₃錫go˗₃個hoengˉ¹香manˏ₅吻
Give a sweet kiss.
deˉ¹爹diˍ₆哋houˊ²好sek˗₃錫ngoˏ₅我
Daddy loves me a lot.
tongˎ₄堂muiˎ₄妹fuˉ¹夫houˊ²好sek˗₃錫keoiˏ₅佢。
The cousin's husband dotes on her.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好sauˍ₆受daaiˍ₆大gaaˉ¹家sek˗₃錫。
He/She is very loved by everyone.
Words Containing 錫
錫埋sek3 maai4
kiss
錫晒sek3 saai3
favouring unconditionally
焊錫hon6 sek3
solder, a mixture of soft metals (primarily tin) which can be melted for the purpose of joining electronic or electrical components
錫克sek3 hak1
Sikhs
劉錫明lau4 sek3 ming4
Canti Lau, a singer and actor in Hong Kong
愛錫oi3 sek3
caring; pamper
詩史試時市事色錫食si1 si2 si3 si4 si5 si6 sik1 sek3 sik6
A phrase used to memorise the nine tones in Cantonese
錫克教sek3 hak1 gaau3
Sikhism
錫住sek3 zyu6
to favour (someone)
錫身sek3 san1
to take care of one's body, by eating healthy and responsibly and avoiding things that could be harmful to the body
錫紙sek3 zi2
tinfoil; tin foil; aluminium foil (U.S.: aluminum foil); silver paper
錫鉛合金sek3 jyun4 hap6 gam1
pewter
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