扲
Meanings · ngam4
- (Cant.) to pull out
Meanings · gam6
- (Cant.) to pull out
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gam6 · ngam4
Cantonese word readings for 扲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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character · Etymology 1
- (Cantonese) to pull out (to remove something from a container) (especially from pockets or bags)
verb · Etymology 2
- (Zhangzhou, Taiwanese, Penang and Medan Hokkien) to hold; to grasp; to take in the hand
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to hold as pledge; to pawn; to loan
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