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扽
Mandarin · pinyin dèn
Meanings
- to yank
- to pull tight
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- 扽
- dèn · to move, to shake
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Mandarin tones
4 · den4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dan3 · dan6 · deon6
Cantonese word readings for 扽. 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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- to yank; to tug sharply
- (obsolete) to rub; to scrape
- (Cantonese, of a ride) bumpy; (of a road) rough; not smooth; bumpy
- (Cantonese) to bump up and down
- (obsolete or Cantonese, transitive) to shake; to cause to vibrate
- (Cantonese) to knock something against a surface so that its contents fall out
- (Cantonese, of a person) to fall down with the butt striking the ground first
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