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搦
Mandarin · pinyin nuò
Meanings
- (literary) to hold (in the hand)
- to challenge
- to provoke
Characters in this entry
- 搦
- nuò · grasp, seize, take in hand
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Mandarin tones
4 · nuo4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
nik1 · nok6
Cantonese word readings for 搦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (literary) to repress; to restrain
- (literary) to grasp; to hold in the hand
- (literary) to capture
- to challenge
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) to hold in the hand
character · Etymology 3
- (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) to seize; to catch
character · Etymology 4
- (Hokkien) to grasp; to hold
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to rub in water
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to clean; to cleanse; to wash; to tidy up
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for handfuls of something, such as grains, sand, soil.
character · Etymology 5
- (Hokkien) to rub and knead (with five fingers togethers)
- (Hokkien) to tread on; to step on; to trample on
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