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Mandarin · pinyin cuō#

to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips
to scoop up
to collect together
to extract
to gather up
classifier: pinch
Taiwan pr. cuò

Mandarin · pinyin zuǒ#

classifier for hair or grass: tuft
Taiwan pr. cuò

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撮: cuō · little bit, small amount, pinch

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caai2 · cyut3

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

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to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
to bring together (e.g. a couple)
to extract; to summarise
to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
(dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
(Hakka) to cheat; to deceive; to hoax
Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pass on; to transfer
(Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group

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Classifier for tufts of hair.

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