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嗒
Mandarin · pinyin dā#
Meanings · dā
- (onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
Mandarin · pinyin tà#
Meanings · tà
- used in 嗒然 tà rán and 嗒喪 tà sàng
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- 嗒
- dā · absent-minded
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Mandarin tones
1 · da1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daap1 · daap3 · daat3 · daat6 · taap3
Cantonese word readings for 嗒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- Used in compounds.
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- (onomatopoeia) rattle; clatter
- (Wu, obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lick
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- synonym of 了 (“used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect”)
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- (Cantonese) to taste food by holding in the mouth
- (Wu) to taste
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- (Hokkien, childish) to eat (used to speak with infants)
- (Hokkien) to speak
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- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to swallow (to cause food, drink, etc. to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
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