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刮铲guā chǎn
spatula
Definitions
| English > Chinese | ||
| spatula | ||
| 1. 刮刀 | ||
| Components | ||
| 刮 | guā | |
| 1. to shave; to pare off; to scrape | ||
| 唔 小心 畀 啲 嘢 刮 嚫 - to accidentally scrape oneself on something | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 颳 (to blow) | ||
| 3. to wipe; to sweep | ||
| 4. to plunder; to extort | ||
| 5. (colloquial) to reprimand; to scold | ||
| 6. (Cantonese, slang) to hunt down someone | ||
| 7. (Hakka) very | ||
| 刮 唔好意思 (guad6 m2 hau3 yi4 si1, H-MX) - very embarrassed | ||
| 铲 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 鏟 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 剷 | ||
| 剷 | ||
| 1. Variant of 鏟 | ||
| 2. usage. See 鏟Usage notes. | ||
| 3. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 㔊 (thóaⁿ) | ||
| 鏟 | chǎn | |
| 1. spade; shovel; scoop | ||
| 2. to shovel; to level off | ||
| 3. to root out; to destroy | ||
| 4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete (data on a computer or other device) | ||
| 剷 咗 個 app - to delete the app | ||
| 5. usage. The traditional form 剷 is usually reserved for the verb sense. | ||
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Pronunciation
guā chǎn
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