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捎

Mandarin · pinyin shāo

Meanings

  1. to bring sth to sb
  2. to deliver
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捎
shāo · to select; to take; to carry
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1 · shao1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saau1 · siu1

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to take something to somebody; to bring; to give; to deliver
  2. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) to take; to grab; to seize; to grope; to snatch
  3. (Eastern Min) to search
  4. (Eastern Min) to dredge or scoop out of water indiscriminately
  5. (Eastern Min, of words) harsh, unforgiving
  6. (Matsu Eastern Min) to stir thoroughly
  7. (Northern Wu, Suzhounese) to turn, to rotate
  8. (Northern Wu, Suzhounese) to lay (an egg)
  9. (literary) to brush; to stroke; to touch lightly
  10. (literary) to lift up; to raise up
  11. (literary) to cut off; to excise

character · Etymology 2

  1. (colloquial, chiefly of livestock, vehicles, etc.) to move backwards
  2. (colloquial, of colour) to fade

character · Etymology 3

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to eliminate

character · Etymology 4

  1. (Wu, basketball) to shoot

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