曳 (jai5 jai4 jai6 | ye4 yi4) : naughty; inferior; drag

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曳

jai5 jai4 jai6

ye4 yi4

[粵] jai5 jai4 - Cantonese only
[1] [adj] naughty; mischievous
[2] [adj] inferior; poor; substandard

[粵] jai6 | [國] ye4 yi4
[v] drag; haul; draw; tow

1. For the two Cantonese-only meanings, Jyutping jai5 is standard reading; jai4 is variant.
2. For the "drag" meaning, Pinyin ye4 is used in China while yi4 is used in Taiwan.
3. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 曰 (#73)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

曳

This word has been viewed 19965 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Jun 2014 10:38

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拖曳 to1 jai6 tuo1 ye4 = pull, drag, haul

搖曳 jiu4 jai6 = to sway, flutter, flicker

曳嘢 jai5/4 je5 = shoddy or inferior goods 粵

曳曳 jai5*1 jai5*1 = naughty 粵

曳豬 jai5*1 zyu1 = naughty child 粵

曳光彈 jai6 gwong1 daan6*2 ye4 [PRC] yi [TW] guang1 dan4 = tracer bullet

Showing 1 example containing 曳

佢游水游得唔曳噃! 粵
He is by no means a poor swimmer!
[We have to repeat the verb 游 because the object 水 and the extent particle 得 are both there in the sentence.]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 曳
Unicode code for this character: U+66f3 (off-site link)

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