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士巴拿

si6 baa1 naa4*2

a spanner (loanword); a wrench

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2

士巴拿

士 si6 shi4 - "knight" radical; scholar
巴 baa1 ba1 - greatly desire; be close to
拿 naa4 na2 - take

This word was added by bybell on 29th Nov 2006 and last edited on 5th Jul 2008

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