粵

西sai1部bou6

sai1 bou6xī bù

English

  1. western part
  2. the western part of a place
  3. Western (a genre, or a culture orginated from the American Old West)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個地方入面屬於西面嘅部份;唔應該同西方或者西洋混淆,呢個字冇專指歐美/西方世界嘅意思
  2. 專指美國西部牛仔文化

Examples

  • 一名「連環偷渡者」喺芝加哥奧黑爾國際機場再次被拘留,呢個係佢喺冇機票由美國中西部城市飛去倫敦而三日之後先至出獄。

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  • 西部片

    Western movie

  • 西部牛仔

    Western cowboy

  • 香港新界西部有荃灣、葵青、屯門、元朗同離島五個區。

    There are 5 districts, namely Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and the Islands in the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories. ----

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

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