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嚼
Mandarin · pinyin jiáo#
Meanings · jiáo
- to chew
- also pr. jué
Mandarin · pinyin jiào#
Meanings · jiào
- used in 倒嚼 dǎo jiào
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- 嚼
- jué · prattle, be glib
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2 · jiao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ziu3 · ziu6 · zoek3 · zoek6
Cantonese word readings for 嚼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (transitive) to chew; to masticate; to crunch
character · Etymology 2
- (Hokkien) to chatter; to prattle; to talk incessantly (used mainly in compounds)
- (Hokkien) to chatter; to prattle; to talk incessantly (used mainly in compounds) — (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippine and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be fond of talking; to chatter
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) paiban (played by hitting it on one's palm or knee)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) sound of a paiban
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) to play the paiban
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) to jump in a bouncing way like a rabbit
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