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剌
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- 剌
- là · slash, cut in two; contradict
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2 · la2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
laa1 · laat6
Cantonese word readings for 剌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to contradict; to violate
- (historical) one of the posthumous titles
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) chaos, turmoil
- (informal) alternative form of 拉 (“to pass (stool)”)
- Used in compounds as onomatopoeias.
- Used in transcription.
character · Etymology 1
- (alt. form 拉) to slash; to cut open
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