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拄
Mandarin · pinyin zhǔ
Meanings
- to lean on
- to prop on
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- 拄
- zhǔ · lean on; post; prod; ridicule
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Mandarin tones
3 · zhu3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zyu2
Cantonese word readings for 拄. 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 prop; to support
- to lean on; to be propped up (with a stick, etc.)
- (archaic) to open (one's eyes)
- (literary or Hokkien, Eastern Min) to ridicule; to retort; to talk back
- (archaic or Eastern Min) to prod; to poke
- (literary) to block; to plug
- (Hokkien) to equal; to be able to exchange one for another
- (Hokkien) to cancel out
- (Hokkien) to meet; to encounter
- (Hokkien) just; just now; a moment ago
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to give change
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