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jai5 jai4 jai6
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[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.
Default PoS: 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]  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 6
Level: 3
Radical: 曰 (#73)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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拖曳
to1 jai6 = 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 = tracer bullet |
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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.] 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. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 曳
Unicode code for this character: U+66f3 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 曳
Unicode code for this character: U+66f3 (off-site link)
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