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摘
Mandarin · pinyin zhāi
Meanings
- to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)
- to select; to pick out
- to borrow money at a time of urgent need
Characters in this entry
- 摘
- zhāi · pluck, pick; select; specify
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Mandarin tones
1 · zhai1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zaak6
Cantonese word readings for 摘. 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
- to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves etc.)
- to take off (glasses, hats, etc)
- to select; to choose
- (Cantonese) to make notes; to mark
- (literary, or in compounds) to reprimand; to slam; to rebuke
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to initiate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to harass
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