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踹

Mandarin · pinyin chuài

to kick
to trample
to tread on

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踹: chuài · trample, tread on, kick; to crush

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4 · chuai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caai2 · cyun2 · dyun3 · jaai2

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

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character · Etymology 1

to step on; to tread; to stamp
to kick (with the sole of the foot suddenly and forcefully)
(figurative, slang) to dump (a partner); to ditch

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) heel (of the foot)

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) foot
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stamp (foot)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to kick (with foot)

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calf (of the leg)

character · Etymology 5

(Cantonese) to step; to trample

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