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抽筋

Mandarin · pinyin chōu jīn

Meanings

  1. cramp
  2. charley horse
  3. to pull a tendon
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抽
chōu · draw out, pull out; sprout
筋
jīn · muscles; tendons
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1–1 · chou1 jin1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cau1 gan1

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

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cau1 gan1

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verb

  1. to get a cramp
  2. (historical) to pull someone's tendons as a form of torture

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