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扯

Mandarin · pinyin chě

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扯: chě · rip up, tear down; raise; haul

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3 · che3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce2

Cantonese word readings for 扯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to pull; to tug (usually something that is flexible)
to tear
to talk casually; to chat
ridiculous; crazy
(dialectal, of weather) to fall; to have
(dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument)
(Cantonese) to raise by pulling; to hoist
(Cantonese) to breathe; to puff; to suck in
(Cantonese) short for 扯旗 (“to have an erection”)
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to tie (a knot)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to cut ties; to put an end to a relationship

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to leave
(Cantonese) away

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