Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- sāi
English
- lower part of face
- cheek
- cheeks; (fish) gills
- jaw
- gills of a fish
粵語
- 面珠墩；（魚嘅）唾液腺（量詞：個）
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Variants
Words containing 腮
- 腮紅soi1 hung4
rouge (cosmetics)
- 腮托soi1 tok3
chin rest (e.g. for a violin)
- 腮幫soi1 bong1
cheek
- 腮鬍soi1 wu4
sideburns
- 腮頰soi1 haap3
cheek
- 痄腮zaa3 soi1
mumps; epidemic parotitis
- 發腮faat3 soi1
(of a cat) to develop a fuller, rounder face; (by extension, of a human) to develop a broader, fuller lower face
- 托腮tok3 soi1
to rest one's chin in one's hand
- 腮腺soi1 sin3
parotid gland
- 鼓起泡腮gu2 hei2 paau1 soi1
literally: to blow out one's cheek; describes when someone is angry or troubled
- 鼓埋泡腮gu2 maai4 paau1 soi1
one feeling upset and frustrated (slang)
- 抓耳撓腮zaau2 ji5 naau4 soi1
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
- 絡腮鬍子lok3 soi1 wu4 zi2
full beard
- 麻腮風maa4 soi1 fung1
measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) (abbr. for 麻疹[ma2 zhen3] + 流行性腮腺炎[liu2 xing2 xing4 sai1 xian4 yan2] + 風疹|风疹[feng1 zhen3])
- 腮幫子soi1 bong1 zi2
cheek
- 耳後見腮ji5 hau6 gin3 soi1
with prominent cheeks (that can be seen behind ears)
- 桃腮粉臉tou4 soi1 fan2 lim5
rosy-cheeked (idiom)
- 笨嘴拙腮ban6 zeoi2 zyut3 soi1
see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2]
- 腮腺炎soi1 sin3 jim4
mumps
- 落腮鬍子lok6 soi1 wu4 zi2
variant of 絡腮鬍子|络腮胡子[luo4 sai1 hu2 zi5]
- 腦後見腮nou5 hau6 gin3 soi1
- 苦埋泡腮fu2 maai4 paau1 soi1
- 杏臉桃腮hang6 lim5 tou4 soi1
(idiom) (of a woman) having a fair complexion with rosy cheeks; beautiful