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剒

Mandarin · pinyin cuò

to cut
to carve

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4 · cuo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

co3 · cok3

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

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character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to trick someone into telling the truth
(automotive) to jolt; to jump
(Cantonese) to shake violently
(Cantonese) to pull
(Cantonese, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 擢 (cok3, “to try to look cool”)

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