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抌

Mandarin · pinyin dǎn

(archaic) to strike forcefully; to stab
Taiwan pr. zhěn

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3 · dan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dam2 · zam2

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

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character · Etymology 1

(literary or Cantonese) to pound; to hammer
(Cantonese, Teochew) to throw something small and heavy downwards
(Cantonese) to throw away; to discard
(Cantonese) to leave someone alone; to drop someone off
(Cantonese) to stamp
(Hakka) to give somebody a beating

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) alternative form of 揕 (“to throw; to toss; to hurl; to fling”)

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