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繳

简 缴 · 繁 繳
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎo

Meanings

  1. to hand in; to hand over; to pay
  2. to capture (weapons); to seize
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繳
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缴
jiǎo · deliver, submit; hand over
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3 · jiao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

giu2 · zoek3

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wind; to entwine
  2. to hand over (under compulsion); to pay
  3. to make someone hand over; to disarm; to capture (weapons)
  4. (dialectal) to cooperate; to partner up
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 攪 /搅 (jiǎo, “to mix; to stir”)
  6. a surname, Jiao

character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) raw silk thread
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) raw silk string attached on an arrow

character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) collar lining

character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tangle; to intertwine

noun · Etymology 2

  1. (Hokkien, Hakka) gambling, bet

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