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Definition 2024

See also: 扫帚

		broom; to sweep	broom
trad. (掃帚)		掃	帚
simp. (扫帚)		扫	帚

掃帚

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sàozhou
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˋ ㄓㄡ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saw.jou
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥oʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ zaau²
  - Yale: sou jáau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ dzaau²
  - IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡sɑːu̯³⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sáu-chiū
  - IPA ^(key): /sau²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saochiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /saʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /saʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /saʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /saʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /saʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-chiú
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-tsiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saociuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /saʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /saʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sau tseu (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /sɔ³³ t͡sɜ⁴⁴/