摷

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎo

Meanings

  1. to knock
  2. strike
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3 · jiao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caau3 · ziu6

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (historical dictionaries only) to seize and strike
  2. (Cantonese) to punch; to beat
  3. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 剿 (jiǎo)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) to rifle through; to search through
  2. (Cantonese) to sexually harass with the hands

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