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摽

Cantonese · source Jyutpingbiu1#

sign
to signal
a symbol
to snatch

Cantonese · source Jyutpingpiu1#

to snatch

Cantonese · source Jyutpingpiu3#

an alternative form for 僄, airy

Cantonese · source Jyutpingpiu5#

to thump
fallen

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

biu11 · high level

piu11 · high level

piu33 · mid level

piu55 · low rising

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

biu标biu1mark 表biu2wrist or pocket watchbiu3—biu4—biu5—biu6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

摽

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

摽 biāo CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(literary) to wave away; to discard
摽 biào CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto bind tightly; to link (arms); to hang around with; to stick close to (sb); to compete; (literary) to hit; to beat

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: biao1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

biu1 · piu1 · piu3 · piu5

Cantonese word readings for 摽. 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.

character · Etymology 1

(literary) to wave off; to dismiss with a hand gesture
(literary) to strike down
(literary) alternative form of 鏢 /镖 (biāo, “tip of a sword”)
(literary) alternative form of 標 /标 (biāo, “mark; sign”)
(Guanzhong Mandarin) to link; to tie
(Hokkien) to hurl; to throw (a javelin)
(Hokkien) to joke around; to kid

character · Etymology 2

to tie; to bind
to hold arm in arm
to be linked together

character · Etymology 3

(literary) to fall; (chiefly of flowers and fruits) to drop from a tree

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete) alternative form of 拋 /抛 (pāo)

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