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拌蒜
Mandarin · pinyin bàn suàn
Meanings
- to stagger (walk unsteadily)
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4–4 · ban4 suan4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bun6 syun3
Cantonese word readings for 拌蒜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- (Beijing, Jilu, Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin, ideophonic, of one's feet) to frequently bump into each other when walking, causing one to totter; to walk unsteadily; to stagger
- (Beijing, Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin, ideophonic) to speak indistinctly; to slur
- (Beijing Mandarin, ideophonic) to be at a loss (about what to do, e.g. after making a mistake); to be flurried; to be flustered
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