WordTaiwan frequency #6,814
掃描
ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
“to scan; to browse quickly; the process of a cathode-ray tube displaying images by moving an electron beam across a screen”
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- 描述to describe; to give a written or spoken account of something; description; a portrayal of events, scenes, or conditions.
- 描繪ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋto depict; to portray; to describe in words or images; to sketch or paint a picture.
- 描寫ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇto describe in words; to depict; to portray; a written or visual depiction.
- 打掃ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up a place by removing dirt or clutter.
- 素描ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊa monochromatic drawing made with pencil, charcoal, or ink; a quick sketch or study; a brief, lightly sketched literary description of a scene or character.
- 掃街ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝto sweep the streets; to canvas for votes or sales during elections; a traditional custom of picking up items left on streets late at night during the Lantern Festival (Taiwan)
- 掃地ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋto sweep the floor; to clean the ground; (figurative) to wipe out completely; to destroy utterly.
- 清掃ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up; a sweep (against crime).
- 掃墓ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋto visit and clean a grave or tomb; to sweep a grave; to tend a burial site; to honor ancestors at a gravesite
- 橫掃ㄏㄥˊ ㄙㄠˇto sweep across rapidly and forcefully; to sweep everything in one's path; to win overwhelmingly.
- 掃除ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊclean away dirt; sweep and tidy; eliminate; wipe out
- 掃蕩ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄤˋwipe out; thoroughly eliminate; clear out and destroy