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趿
Mandarin · pinyin tā
Meanings
- see 趿拉 tā la
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- 趿
- tā · to tread on; slipshod
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Mandarin tones
1 · ta1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cap1 · saap3 · taat3
Cantonese word readings for 趿. 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
- to tread down on the back of one's shoes
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to walk
character · Etymology 3
- (Hokkien) to be affected by a sudden stimulus or doing something in haste resulting in a certain outcome (especially by the wind)
- (Hokkien) to crave for; to obsess in getting something
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to seize; to pounce; to hunt; to catch
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to dry in the sun for a short while (of clothes, etc.)
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to embrace tightly and vigorously
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