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运动鞋yùn dòng xié
sneaker
Definitions
| Components | ||
| 运 | yùn | |
| 1. Simplified form of 運 | ||
| 運 | yùn | |
| 1. to move; to revolve | ||
| 2. to transport; to carry; to ship | ||
| 從 臺灣 運 過嚟 嘅 - transported here from Taiwan | ||
| 3. to use; to utilize | ||
| 4. fortune; luck; fate | ||
| 5. (Philippines Hokkien) to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk | ||
| 动 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 動 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 働 | ||
| 働 | dòng | |
| 1. (uncommon, dated) (zh-used2, j): labor; work | ||
| 勞働动dòng - labor (勞動*) | ||
| 2. usage. This character is pronounced similar to 有邊讀邊 method. | ||
| 3. usage. In mainland China, this character is considered a variant traditional form of tr=láodòng. | ||
| 動 | dòng | |
| 1. (transitive or intransitive) to move | ||
| 坐 著着zhe 不 動 - to sit still and not move | ||
| 動 來 動 去 - to move around | ||
| 我 的 東西xi 你 不要 動。 - Don't move my stuff. | ||
| 誰 動 過 我 的 電腦？ - Who used my computer? | ||
| 2. to act | ||
| 輕舉妄動 - to act rashly | ||
| 3. to alter; to change the state of | ||
| 改動 - to alter | ||
| 4. to use | ||
| 動筆 - to write | ||
| 動腦筋 - to use one's head | ||
| 5. to move; to touch (emotionally) | ||
| 動人 - moving | ||
| 動 感情 - to be carried away with emotion (usually feelings of love) | ||
| 不 為wéi 親情 所 動 - Not swayed by family love | ||
| 6. (dialectal, chiefly in the negative) to eat; to drink | ||
| 不 動 葷腥 - to never eat meat or fish | ||
| 7. (literary) easily; always | ||
| 動 以 萬 計 - | ||
| 8. (grammar) Short for 動詞 (verb) | ||
| 鞋 | xié | |
| 1. shoe; footwear | ||
| 一 雙 鞋 - a pair of shoes | ||
| 穿 上 你 的 鞋，我們 出去 吃 晚飯。 - Put on your shoes. Let's go out for dinner. | ||
| 在 這裡 我 必須 脫 鞋 嗎？ - Do I have to take off my shoes here? | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 嚡 | ||
| 嚡 | hái | |
| 1. (Cantonese) rough; coarse | ||
| 2. (Cantonese) sigh (interjection) | ||
| 嚡，太 多 嘢 要 做 喇！ - Sigh, too many things to do! | ||
| 3. (Wu) also | ||
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Pronunciation
yùn dòng xié
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