粵

搜sau2身san1

sau2 san1sōu shēn

English

  1. to do a body search
  2. to frisk
  3. to conduct a body search

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 搜查一個人嘅身體同隨身物品,檢查有冇收埋違禁品、危險物品,通常由執法或者保安人員去進行

Examples

  • 我讨厌搜身检查。

    I don't like frisk searches.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 当我们过安检的时候,我从队伍里被拉出来搜身。

    When we were going through security, I got pulled out of line for a pat-down.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 除衫搜身

    to conduct a strip search

  • 警察搜佢身,但係冇揾到任何違禁品。

    The police searched him, but found no contraband.

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

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