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架
Mandarin · pinyin jià
Meanings
- to support
- frame
- rack
- framework
- classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
Characters in this entry
- 架
- jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up
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Mandarin tones
4 · jia4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 架. 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
- rack; stand; prop; frame; framework
- to prop up; to support
- to put up; to construct; to frame
- quarrel; fight
- (Christianity, literary) short for 十字架 (shízìjià, “cross”)
- Classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (dialectal) Classifier for vehicles. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (dialectal Mandarin) Classifier for mountains. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
character · Etymology 2
- (transitive) to place (a long object on something), to rest temporarily
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