酥
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: sou1
POJ: so͘
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: so͘
Variety: chaozhou
Meanings and usage
adjective: crispy; flaky, crumbly
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The character 酥 carries several divergent senses at this single reading (archaic 'butter', obsolete 'alcohol', 'flaky pastry', 'weak/limp', 'soft/satiny', and the adjectival 'crispy/flaky'); the crispy/flaky adjective sense was chosen as the most common contemporary usage without further disambiguating context.