修飾 [－饰]

Jyutping sau1 sik1
Pinyin xiū shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to decorate
  2. to adorn
  3. to dress up
  4. to polish (a written piece)
  5. to qualify or modify (grammar)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    整理​或者​加上​其他​成份​，​令到​一樣​嘢​更加​美好​或者​仔細
    to modify; to decorate; to embellish; to polish
    • 用眼線筆修飾眼線
      用眼线笔修饰眼线
      sau1 sik1 ngaan5 sin3
      to refine the eyeline with an eyeliner
    • 我幫佢修飾佢啲畫，幫佢加返背景。
      我帮佢修饰佢啲画，帮佢加返背景。
      ngo5 bong1 keoi5 sau1 sik1 keoi5 di1 waa2, bong1 keoi5 gaa1 faan1 bui3 ging2.
      I helped him modify his paintings by adding the backgrounds.
    • 呢篇文章用咗好多形容詞去修飾。
      呢篇文章用咗好多形容词去修饰。
      ni1 pin1 man4 zoeng1 jung6 zo2 hou2 do1 jing4 jung4 ci4 heoi3 sau1 sik1.
      Lots of adjectives are used to polish the article.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to make up; to dress up
    (syn.) 扮靓, 捯飭, 结束, 扮飾, 打扮, 捯饬, 梳妆, 扮饰, 裝扮, 結束, 结果, 裝點, 結果, 装束, 點綴, 装扮, 裝飾, 打刷, 装饰, 点缀, 扮靚, 裝束, 梳妝, 装点
  2. verb
    to polish (a piece of writing, etc.); to touch up
  3. verb
    to qualify; to modify
  4. verb
    to decorate; to adorn; to embellish
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    通过遗传修饰，我们可以改良农作物。
    通過遺傳修飾，我們可以改良農作物。
    tōng guò yí chuán xiū shì ， wǒ men kě yǐ gǎi liáng nóng zuò wù 。
    • Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.
  2. Mandarin
    修饰名词的东西（形容词，或形容词相等语）。
    修飾名詞的東西（形容詞，或形容詞相等語）。
    xiū shì míng cí de dōng xī （ xíng róng cí ， huò xíng róng cí xiāng děng yǔ ）。
    • Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    用眼线笔修饰眼线
    用眼線筆修飾眼線
    sau1 sik1 ngaan5 sin3
    • to refine the eyeline with an eyeliner
  2. Cantonese
    我帮佢修饰佢啲画，帮佢加返背景。
    我幫佢修飾佢啲畫，幫佢加返背景。
    ngo5 bong1 keoi5 sau1 sik1 keoi5 di1 waa2, bong1 keoi5 gaa1 faan1 bui3 ging2.
    • I helped him modify his paintings by adding the backgrounds.
  3. Cantonese
    呢篇文章用咗好多形容词去修饰。
    呢篇文章用咗好多形容詞去修飾。
    ni1 pin1 man4 zoeng1 jung6 zo2 hou2 do1 jing4 jung4 ci4 heoi3 sau1 sik1.
    • Lots of adjectives are used to polish the article.
  4. Cantonese
    修饰
    修飾
    sau1 sik1
    • to polish; to refine