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三saam1劃waak6

simp三画
saam1 waak6sān huà

English

  1. three strokes (in a Chinese character) [written and colloquial]; a police sergeant [colloquial]
  2. police sergeant, named so for their insignia of three chevrons; literally: three stripes

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 警察嘅沙展，正式嚟講叫警長，因為肩章（以前係臂章）係三劃箭形，又稱三條柴

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

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