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滑
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- 滑
- huá · slip, slide; slippery, polished
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2 · hua2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 12 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwat1 · waat6
Cantonese word readings for 滑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to slip; to slide
- to get away without punishment
- to swipe; to scroll (on an electronic product)
- smooth; glossy
- slippery; slick
- cunning; crafty; sly
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to slip out; to blurt out involuntarily
- a surname, Hua
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to disturb; to unsettle; to agitate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to treat; to regulate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to muddy
- used in 滑稽 (gǔjī)
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