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抉
Mandarin · pinyin jué
Meanings
- to pick out
- to single out
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- 抉
- jué · choose, select; gouge, pluck out
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Mandarin tones
2 · jue2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kyut3
Cantonese word readings for 抉. 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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- (literary) to gouge; to dig out; to pick out
- (literary) to pick out; to select out
- (literary) to pierce; to puncture; to butcher
- (literary) to reveal; to expose
- (Hokkien) to slap; to hit with one's palm
- (Hokkien) to plaster; to paint; to daub (on a wall, etc.)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to apply on one's face, hands, etc. (of powder, oil, etc.)
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to sweep across to knock over
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to surpass; to be better than; to overtake
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