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揸
Mandarin · pinyin zhā
Meanings
- to stretch fingers out
Characters in this entry
- 揸
- zhā · handful; to grasp, seize, pick up with fingers; (Cant.) to take, carry
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Mandarin tones
1 · zha1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zaa1
Cantonese word readings for 揸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (Cantonese) to hold in the hand; to grasp
- (Cantonese, figuratively) to own; to possess
- (Cantonese) to drive a vehicle
- (Cantonese) to squeeze
- (dialectal, including Wu) to pick up or seize with one's fingers
- (dialectal) to spread one's fingers
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