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劈
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- 劈
- pī · cut apart, split, chop
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1 · pi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
pek3 · pek6 · pik1
Cantonese word readings for 劈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to slit; to chop; to cleave
- to crack; to split open
- (dialectal, of voice) to become hoarse
- to be right against (one's head, face, etc.)
- (of lightning) to strike; to destroy
- wedge
- (fencing) to cut; to deliver an attack with a chopping motion, landing on the edge or tip of the weapon
- (fencing) a cut
- to divide; to split
- to break off; to strip off
- (Cantonese) to cut down prices sharply
- (Cantonese) to drink large amount of alcohol
- (Cantonese) to drive at high speed
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