| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 搞 |
扌高 |
gǎo |
1. to do (usually bad things) |
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你 搞 咩 呀！ - What are you doing! |
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唔好 搞 我 後面！ - don't mess around behind me! (or: don't mess with my rear!) |
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2. to work in; to be engaged in |
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3. to make; to produce |
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4. to manage; to take care of |
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5. to get; to get hold of |
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6. to set up; to organize |
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7. (slang) to have sex; to fuck |
敲 |
高攴 |
qiāo |
1. to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock | |
他 敲 了 門。 - He knocked on the door. |
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剛剛 敲 過 了 八-點鐘，不 是 嗎？ - It has just struck eight, hasn't it? |
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2. (colloquial) to rip off; to overcharge; to blackmail |
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那 家 旅館 敲 觀光客 的 竹杠。 - That hotel rips off the tourists. |
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他們 敲 了 你 多少 錢？ - How much did they screw you for? |
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3. (colloquial) to criticize; to warn |
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4. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) to call someone (by phone); to telephone |
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我 昨日 敲 予 先生。 (Guá chǎ-li̍t khà hō͘ sian-siⁿ.) - I called the teacher yesterday (on the phone)., MN-PH |
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5. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to knock down; to remove; to demolish |
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6. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to alter (clothes) |
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7. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to compete (among businesses) |
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8. (Macau, &, Dongguan Cantonese) (Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).) |
蒿 |
艹高 |
hāo |
1. Artemisia (mugwort; wormwood; sagebrush) | |
2. (in compounds) an Artemisia-like plant |
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茼蒿 - Glebionis coronaria |
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角蒿 - Incarvillea sinensis |
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麥蒿 - Descurainia sophia |
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3. evaporating; emitting (scents) |
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4. Alternative form of 耗 (-, t=to consume; to use up) |
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5. Used in 蒿目 |
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Hao |
高原 |
高原 |
gāoyuán |
1. n. plateau; tableland |
嵩 |
山高 |
sōng |
1. (literary, of a mountain) high; lofty |
