掹

掹 U+63B9, 掹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63B9 ← 掸 [U+63B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 掺 → [U+63BA]

Translingual

Han character

掹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手弓木廿 (QNDT), composition ⿰扌孟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1909, character 4
• Unihan data for U+63B9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		掹
alternative forms		擝

Etymology

Compare Zhuang beng.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mang¹
    • Yale: māng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

掹

1. (Cantonese) to pull; to tug on; to pluck
   • [1]

     「好似啲武俠小說啲劍咁插住要指定嘅人先掹到，等我依家去試試先」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「好似啲武侠小说啲剑咁插住要指定嘅人先掹到，等我依家去试试先」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     “hou² ci⁵ di¹ mou⁵ haap⁶ siu² syut³ di¹ gim³ gam² caap³ zyu⁶ jiu³ zi² ding⁶ ge³ jan⁴ sin¹ mang¹ dou^3-2, dang² ngo⁵ ji¹ gaa¹ heoi³ si³ si³ sin¹” [Jyutping]

     "It's like those wuxia novels where the sword is stuck and only the chosen one can pull it out; let me go try right now"

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拉 (“to pull; to tug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拉, 挽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	抻, 扽
	Taiwan	拉
	Singapore	拉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	抻, 拉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	拉, 抻, 扯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯, 拉
	Wuhan	拉, 扯, 𠡒
	Guilin	扯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拽, 扽, 拉
	Hefei	拉, 拽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拉, 掹
	Hong Kong	拉, 掹
	Yangjiang	掹, 拉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	拉
Gan	Nanchang	扯, 𠡒
Hakka	Meixian	挷
Jin	Taiyuan	扯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拔, 揄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拔
Southern Min	Xiamen	搝, 擢
	Quanzhou	搝, 擢
	Zhangzhou	搝, 擢
	Taipei	搝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	搝
	Kaohsiung	搝
	Yilan	搝
	Changhua (Lukang)	搝
	Taichung	搝
	Tainan	搝, 擢
	Hsinchu	搝
	Kinmen	搝
	Penghu (Magong)	搝
	Penang (Hokkien)	搝, 擢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搝
	Manila (Hokkien)	拔
	Chaozhou	𠡒
Wu	Shanghai	拉
	Suzhou	拉
	Ningbo	拉, 𠡒
	Wenzhou	拉, 𢱋, 𠡒
Xiang	Changsha	扯, 悶
	Shuangfeng	扯

See also

• 拔 (bá)