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  kang2 gang2   jyutping
  geng3   pinyin
[1] [v] choke on or stuck by fishbone
[2] [v] swallow hard
[3] [n] fishbone

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Jyutping kang2 is the colloquial (more common) reading; gang2 is the literary (less common) reading.
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 18
Level: 3
Radical: (#195)

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

This word has been viewed 3356 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 22nd Aug 2009 02:06 and last edited on 6th Nov 2016 04:19

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detail  kang2 can1   = to choke (on something)
detail  ok3 kang2  e4 geng3 = hard to swallow; yucky
detail  kang2 geng2   = choke; end in failure

Showing 1 example containing 鯁
detail 鯁嚫!〞〝D𦧲出嚟!〞
"I'm choking!" "Quickly spit it out!"

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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