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啄
Mandarin · pinyin zhuó
Meanings
- to peck
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- 啄
- zhuó · to peck; (Cant.) to slander
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Mandarin tones
2 · zhuo2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
doek3 · doeng1 · zau3
Cantonese word readings for 啄. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to peck (to strike with the beak or bill)
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) with a sharp nose; having a nose shaped like a beak (used especially in compounds)
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) beak; bill
- (Cantonese) bulge; protrusion; point; tip
- (Cantonese) to peck
- (Cantonese) to bite or hold with the mouth
- (Cantonese) to swindle; to rip off
- (Cantonese) to pick on; to target someone personally
verb · Etymology 3
- (Hokkien, business, gambling) to drive a hard bargain; to economically take advantage of; to exploit economically; to penny-pinch; to profiteer; to swindle; to cheat; to be stingy/miserly with (such as overpricing to favor sellers or undervaluing to favor buyers)
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