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擗

Mandarin · pinyin pǐ

(literary) to beat the breast
to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)

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3 · pi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bik1 · pek6 · pik1

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

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character · Etymology 1

to beat the breast
(Hokkien) to beat the mind; to grieve; to cry loudly; to wail
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to fold the limbs (as if distraught)
(Hokkien) to break open; to split open; to tear open
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to chip; to scratch

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, transitive) to discard; to throw away
(Hokkien) soft sound made by thin objects like cloth, paper, arrows, fire, etc. being blown or whistling through the wind: flutter; rustle; whoosh
(Hokkien) to fling or hit with sudden force
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to lash out or rebuke with heated words
(Mainland China Hokkien) to gush out and splash everywhere (of liquid, etc.)
(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) sound of hitting
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to shoot (with a catapult, rubber band, etc.)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to dash lime, ash, mud, etc. on a wall
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to calculate (on an abacus)

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