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跤

Mandarin · pinyin jiāo

a tumble
a fall

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跤: jiāo · stumble, fall down; wrestle

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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character · Etymology 1

tumble; fall

character · Etymology 2

(Min) leg; foot; lower limb
(Min) paw
(Min) leg (of an object); support
(Min) part below
(Min) bottom part
(Min) Classifier for people in card games.

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) alternative form of 奇 (classifier)

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