扽

Mandarin · pinyin dèn

Meanings

  1. to yank
  2. to pull tight
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扽
dèn · to move, to shake
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4 · den4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dan3 · dan6 · deon6

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  1. to yank; to tug sharply
  2. (obsolete) to rub; to scrape
  3. (Cantonese, of a ride) bumpy; (of a road) rough; not smooth; bumpy
  4. (Cantonese) to bump up and down
  5. (obsolete or Cantonese, transitive) to shake; to cause to vibrate
  6. (Cantonese) to knock something against a surface so that its contents fall out
  7. (Cantonese, of a person) to fall down with the butt striking the ground first

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