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打思噎

daa2 si1 jik1/ik1/jit1

da3 si1 ye1

[1] to hiccup; to hiccough
See also: 打噎 | 書: 打嗝兒, 呃逆, 打呃

This entry was originally defined as having a secondary meaning of "belch" or "burp", but this was reported as being incorrect

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Level: 3 Google Frequency: 28

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

打思噎

This word was added by tym on 20th Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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打 daa2 daa1 da3 da2 - hit; strike | dozen
思 si1 si3 soi1 si1 sai1 si4 - contemplate, consider, think
噎 jit3 ye1 - choke with food or emotion

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