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摟

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Mandarin · pinyin lōu#

to draw towards oneself
to gather
to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
to grab (money)
to extort

Mandarin · pinyin lǒu#

to hug
to embrace
to hold in one's arms

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搂: lǒu · hug, embrace; drag, pull

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lau1 · lau2 · lau3 · lau4 · lau5

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character · Etymology 1

to hug; to embrace
armspan

character · Etymology 1

to gather up
(colloquial) to pull up; to tuck up
to extort; to rake in
(regional) to calculate with an abacus
(regional) to calculate with an abacus — (regional, figurative) to verify through calculation; to examine and calculate; to assess
(dialectal) to pull; to draw
(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) to drape; to cover
(Cantonese, of insects) to crawl or hover over

character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pull in; to rope in; to gather

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, transitive) to instigate; to invite; to tempt
(Cantonese, transitive) to provoke

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