粵

修sau1飾sik1

simp修饰
sau1 sik1xiū shì

English

  1. to decorate
  2. to adorn
  3. to dress up
  4. to polish (a written piece)
  5. to qualify or modify (grammar)
  6. to modify; to decorate; to embellish; to polish

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 整理或者加上其他成份,令到一樣嘢更加美好或者仔細

Examples

  • 通过遗传修饰,我们可以改良农作物。

    Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 修飾名詞的東西(形容詞,或形容詞相等語)。

    Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 用眼線筆修飾眼線

    to refine the eyeline with an eyeliner

  • 呢篇文章用咗好多形容詞去修飾。

    Lots of adjectives are used to polish the article.

  • 我幫佢修飾佢啲畫,幫佢加返背景。

    I helped him modify his paintings by adding the backgrounds.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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