Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiù
English
- rust, corrode
- to rust
- rust
粵語
- 金屬物件，特別係鐵製品表面嘅氧化物
Variants
Words containing 鏽
- 生鏽saang1 sau3
(of metal) to rust; to become rusty
- 鏽蝕sau3 sik6
to rust away
- 鐵鏽tit3 sau3
rust
- 不鏽鋼bat1 sau3 gong3
stainless steel
- 鏽斑sau3 baan1
rust spot; rust stain (on metal)
- 不鏽鐵bat1 sau3 tit3
rust-resistant iron (an informal term for certain nickel-free stainless steels, usually of lower quality and less corrosion-resistant than true stainless steel such as 304 or 316)
- 茶鏽caa4 sau3
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
- 防鏽fong4 sau3
to prevent rust; to resist rusting
- 銅鏽tung4 sau3
verdigris
- 鏽跡sau3 zik1
rust stain
- 鐵生鏽tit3 saang1 sau3
- 鐵鏽帶tit3 sau3 daai3
Rust Belt
- 銅鏽層tung4 sau3 cang4
patina
- 鏽臉鉤嘴鶥sau3 lim5 ngau1 zeoi2 mei4
(bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
- 鏽額斑翅鶥sau3 ngaak6 baan1 ci3 mei4
(bird species of China) rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni)
- 鏽腹短翅鶇sau3 fuk1 dyun2 ci3 dung1
(bird species of China) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
- 鏽胸藍姬鶲sau3 hung1 laam4 gei1 jung1
(bird species of China) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)
- 鏽紅腹旋木雀sau3 hung4 fuk1 syun4 muk6 zoek3
(bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis)
- 永不生鏽的螺絲釘wing5 bat1 sang1 sau3 dik1 lo4 si1 ding1
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]