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擠

简挤 · 繁擠

Mandarin · pinyin jǐ

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擠: Look up this written character
挤: jǐ · crowd, squeeze, push against

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3 · ji3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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character · Etymology 1

to crowd together tightly; to squeeze
to squeeze one's way in; to cram in
to squeeze out; to wring; to use pressure to extract

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to place; to put

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) to squeeze out
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to injure the bones, muscles, or joints of one's arms or legs due to violent and sudden contact with a hard object

character · Etymology 4

(Hokkien) alternative form of 𤲍

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