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捎

Mandarin · pinyin shāo

to bring sth to sb
to deliver

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捎: shāo · to select; to take; to carry

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1 · shao1

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saau1 · siu1

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character · Etymology 1

to take something to somebody; to bring; to give; to deliver
(Eastern Min, Hokkien) to take; to grab; to seize; to grope; to snatch
(Eastern Min) to search
(Eastern Min) to dredge or scoop out of water indiscriminately
(Eastern Min, of words) harsh, unforgiving
(Matsu Eastern Min) to stir thoroughly
(Northern Wu, Suzhounese) to turn, to rotate
(Northern Wu, Suzhounese) to lay (an egg)
(literary) to brush; to stroke; to touch lightly
(literary) to lift up; to raise up
(literary) to cut off; to excise

character · Etymology 2

(colloquial, chiefly of livestock, vehicles, etc.) to move backwards
(colloquial, of colour) to fade

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to eliminate

character · Etymology 4

(Wu, basketball) to shoot

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