勾芡

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	Euryale ferox; cornstarch
trad. (勾芡)		勾	芡
simp. #(勾芡)		勾	芡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōuqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ him³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōuqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gouciàn
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: gōu-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouchiann
    • Palladius: гоуцянь (goucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau¹ him³
    • Yale: ngāu him
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ him³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ him³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ hiːm³³/

Verb

勾芡

1. to thicken a soup by means of starch

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 打芡
• (Min Nan) 兜粉, 兜羹, 牽滷／牵卤, 拍滷／拍卤

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