鋸 (geoi3 goe3 goe1 | ju4) : a saw; be ripped off

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鋸

geoi3 goe3 goe1

ju4

[粵] goe3 geoi3 | [國] ju4
[n,v] saw; cut with a saw

[粵] goe1 - Cantonese only | [Syn] 斬
[v] be ripped off; trick sb out of money

(Classifier(s): 把)

Jyutping geoi3 is literary reading; goe3 is the more popular colloquial reading.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

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

鋸 / 锯

This word has been viewed 8224 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Sep 2013 03:42

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鋸扒 goe3 paa2 = to eat steak, to have a steak dinner 粵

拉鋸 laai1 geoi3 = be locked in a seesaw struggle; saw

弓鋸 gung1 geoi3 gong1 ju4 = bow saw; hacksaw

油鋸 jau4 geoi3 = gasoline powered chain saw

粗齒鋸 cou1 ci2 geoi3 cu1 chi3 ju4 = ripsaw

刀仔鋸大樹 dou1 zai2 geoi3 daai6 syu6 dao1 zai3 ju4 da4 shu4 = utilize sth.small to gain sth.big; use little capital to make big profit 粵

鋸木架 geoi3 muk6 gaa3*2 ju4 mu4 jia4 = sawhorse

橫切鋸 waang4 cit3 geoi3 heng2 qie1 ju4 = cross cut saw

曲線鋸 kuk1 sin3 geoi3 qu1 xian4 ji4 = a jigsaw

線鋸 sin3 geoi3 xian4 ju4 = a fret saw, a jigsaw; a coping saw
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 12 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+92f8 (off-site link)

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