| 送 | 1074C05 80.83 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄙㄨㄥˋ [song4] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To give (s.t.): 送給他 give him; 送禮物 send gifts; 送人情 give gifts or do favor to cement relationship; 送秋波 (woman) to flirt, give a parting glance. (2) To send off: 送人，送客 to send person off; 送別 [song4bie2]↓; 歡送 give farewell party to (person); 送往迎來 meet and send off (visitors, etc.), also send gifts back and forth; 送故（舊）迎新 send off old (year, official) and welcome new (year, official); 送窮 [song4qiong2]↓. (3) To deliver (message, newspaper, etc.): 送到 send to (person, place); 送貨 deliver goods; 送報 deliver newspaper; 送消息，送信 send message; 送情報 make secret report; 送香火兒的 formerly, one who earned tips from wayfares by trying to light cigarettes at public resorts. (4) To squander, waste (words, money, life): 送話，送錢，送命 [song4hua4], [song4qian2], [song4ming4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 送別 [song4bie2], v.i. & t., to send off (friend, etc.). 2. 送殯 [song4bin4], v.i., attend funeral. 3. 送錢 [song4qian2], v.i., (1) to waste money; (2) to send money. 4. 送親 [song4qin1], v.i., accompany bride to groom's family on wedding day; 送親太太 woman selected by bride's family to accompany bride at wedding. 5. 送情 [song4qing2], v.i., as in 眉目送情 send speechless messages of love. 6. 送窮 [song4qiong2], v.i., formerly, a ceremony of farewell to poverty at end of first lunar month. 7. 送寒衣 [song4han2yi1], v.i., formerly, burn paper clothing for the dead for coming winter, at end of 10th lunar month. 8. 送話 [song4hua4], v.i., give opponent grounds for attack by using ill-advised statement: 向人嘴底下送話 say yourselves what your enemy wishes you to say. 9. 送錢 [song4jian4], v.i., give farewell party. 10. 送粧 [song4zhuang1], v.i., send bride’s trousseau on display to groom's family. 11. 送終 [song4zhong1], v.i., to give proper burial ceremony to deceased parents. 12. 送庫 [song4ku4], v.i., signal end of Buddhist mass for the dead by burning paper towers or pavilions. 13. 送老 [song4lao3], v.i., see [song4zhong1]↑. 14. 送力 [song4li4], n., tip given to messenger boy. 15. 送禮 [song4li3], v.i. & n., a gift; v.i. to give gift. 16. 送路 [song4lu4], v.i., (1) to send s.o. off; (2) see [song4san1]↓. 17. 送命 [song4ming4], v.i., do s.t. foolish and pay with one's life. 18. 送三 [song4san1], v.i., to send away ghost of deceased relative after “接三”welcoming him on the third day of his death. 19. 送喪 [song4sang1], v.i., to attend funeral. 20. 送聖 [song4sheng4], v.i., see [song4ku4]↑. 21. 送神 [song4shen2], v.i., to send spirits away after due sacrifice, and after ceremony of welcome (接神，迎神). 22. 送信 [song4xin4], v.i., to send letter or message: 送信兒 send message through third party. 23. 送行 [song4xing2], v.i., to send off (s.o.) 24. 送死 [song4si3], v.i., (1) to walk into a trap; (2) (AC) attend or give funeral. 25. 送葬 [song4zang4], v.i., to attend burial. 26. 送  [song4zao4], v.i., to send off kitchen god for New Year holiday,on the 23rd of 12th lunar month. | |||||