English
- sweep, clear away
- to sweep (with a brush or broom)
- (bound form) a (large) broom
- (verb) 1. clear away; 2. to scan
- exterminate
- to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of
- to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- to sweep
- brush
- to crack down against; to eliminate; to get rid of
- to destroy; to ruin
- to make a brief gesture
粵語
- 將平面上面嘅污糟嘢用掃撥走佢
- 清潔或者保養用具；用柔軟嘅毛、人造纖維之類嘅物料紮成，有長柄嘅。用嚟撥走或者捉住啲塵或者粉末（量詞：枝／支）
- 剷除
- 破壞
- 一啲事物做啲好快嘅動作嘅時候
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 掃
- 打掃daa2 sou3
to clean
- 掃興sou3 hing3
to spoil things; to dampen spirits
- 掃貨sou3 fo3
to go on a shopping spree; to buy in bulk
- 掃描sou3 miu4
to scan
- 橫掃waang4 sou3
to sweep away
- 掃除sou3 ceoi4
to clean; to clean up
- 掃地sou3 dei6
to sweep the floor
- 掃蕩sou3 dong6
(military) to mop up
- 清掃cing1 sou3
to tidy up
- 掃射sou3 se6
to rake with machine gunfire
- 掃黃sou3 wong4
campaign against pornography
- 掃場sou3 coeng4
to raid and disrupt a business venue
- 掃把sou3 baa2
broom
- 掃風sou3 fung1
to pat babies' back so they won't puke out the milk; to burp a baby
- 掃墓sou3 mou6
to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
- 掃平sou3 ping4
to clear; to sweep over; to crush; to suppress
- 掃街sou3 gaai1
to sweep the streets
- 掃帚sou3 zaau2
broom
- 掃盲sou3 maang4
to wipe out illiteracy
- 掃毒sou3 duk6
drug squad; virus scan
- 掃雷sou3 leoi4
Minesweeper (computer game)
- 掃尾sou3 mei5
to complete the last stage of work
- 大掃除daai6 sou3 ceoi4
pre-Chinese New Year clean up (noun), cleaning for Chinese New Year (verb)
- 掃把頭sou3 baa2 tau4
broom head, can also be used to mock one's headstyle that looks like a broom; describes someone with unruly messy hair [colloquial]