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磕
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- 磕
- kē · hit; collide, knock into; sound
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1 · ke1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ham2 · hap1 · hap6 · koi3
Cantonese word readings for 磕. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to knock sth. against a hard surface; to dash against a stone
- to knock an item off another item by hitting them against a hard surface
- to kowtow
- (dialect, figurative) to fight
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to hurt; to malign; to slander
character · Etymology 2
- (slang) alternative form of 嗑 (“to consume (drugs)”)
- (fandom slang) alternative form of 嗑 (“to ship”)
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