sàobǎ

扫把

Word · NounTraditional掃把

broom (dialect)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

broom

dialect

Commonly used in Southern Chinese dialects (e.g., Cantonese, Hokkien) and in Taiwan Mandarin, whereas Northern/Mainland Standard Mandarin prefers 扫帚 (sào zhou).

Qǐng请
bǎ把
sào扫
bǎ把
ná拿
guò过
lái来
 。

Please bring the broom over.

Zhè这
bǎ把
sào扫
bǎ把
shì是
xīn新
de的
 。

This broom is new.

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Yòng用
sào扫
bǎ把
dǎ打
sǎo扫
fáng房
jiān间
 。

Clean the room with a broom.