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挾

简挟 · 繁挾

Mandarin · pinyin jiā#

old variant of 夾 jiā

Mandarin · pinyin xié#

(bound form) to clasp under the arm
(bound form) to coerce
(bound form) to harbor (resentment etc)
Taiwan pr. xiá

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挟: xié · clasp under arm; hold to bosom

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1 · jia1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaap3 · haap6 · hip3 · hip6

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

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character · Etymology 1

to clasp under the arm; to hold under the armpit
to coerce; to force obedience
to harbor (resentment, etc.)
to carry

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) to have something caught between two things; to sandwich something between two things

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