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[1] drag; draw; pull; haul; tow [2] hang down; trail; mop [3] delay; postpone; drag on; procrastinate [4] encumber; pin down; implicate Stroke count: 8
Level: 3
Radical: 扌 (#64)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 8611 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45 |
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拖曳 to1 jai6 = pull, drag, haul 拖肥 to1 fei4*2 = toffee, toffy 拍拖 paak3 to1 = courting; to go out on a date 粵 拖鞋 to1 haai4*2 = slippers 食拖鞋飯 sik6 to1 haai4*2 faan6 = (of a man) to live off one's wife/girlfriend; to depend on one's wife/girlfriend for support 粵 人字拖鞋 jan4 zi6 to1 haai4 = flip-flops; y-shaped sandals 粵 拖延 to1 jin4 = to procastinate; delay 拖拉機 to1 laai1 gei1 = tractor 拖拉 to1 laai1 = haul 拖船 to1 syun4 = a tugboat; a towboat See all 46 compounds |
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Showing all 4 examples containing 拖
我同佢而家冇拍拖 粵
I'm not dating her any more. [Lit. I with her now don't have dating, i.e. we split up. 而家我同佢冇拍拖 is also valid.]
我架車壞咗,你快啲派架拖車嚟啦! 粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck! [Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]
我架車死咗火,你快啲派架拖車嚟啦! 粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck! [Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]
筆錢拖欠咗六個月。 粵
The payment has been six months in arrears. [Where Cantonese language uses a concrete word (拖欠) with substantial meaning as the verb, English language uses two function words (has been) as the verb. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 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. |