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揣

Mandarin · pinyin chuāi#

to put into (one's pockets, clothes)
Taiwan pr. chuǎi

Mandarin · pinyin chuǎi#

to estimate
to guess
to figure
to surmise

Mandarin · pinyin chuài#

used in 囊揣 nāng chuài
used in 掙揣 zhèng chuài

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揣: chuāi · put things under clothes

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1 · chuai1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi2 · cyun2

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

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character · Etymology 1

to speculate; to guess
to measure; to estimate; to assess
to try; to attempt
to hold; to grab
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Southern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Eastern Min) to look for; to seek

character · Etymology 3

(Hakka) to guess

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to measure, to estimate
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to shake, to rock

character · Etymology 5

only used in 囊揣 (nāngchuài) and 掙揣／挣揣 (zhèngchuài)

character · Etymology 6

to hide or carry something in clothes
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be pregnant
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to impose onto someone

character · Etymology 7

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to strike

character · Etymology 8

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to measure

character · Etymology 9

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 團 /团 (tuán, “assembled; gathered”)

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