頂手

简 顶手 · 繁 頂手
Mandarin · pinyin dǐng shǒu

Meanings

  1. to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
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頂
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手
shǒu · hand
顶
dǐng · top, summit, peak; to carry on the head
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3–3 · ding3 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ding2 sau2

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

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verb

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) to take over (e.g. a business)

noun

  1. (Southern Min) previous manager

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