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手锯shǒu jù
handsaw
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 手锯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 手鋸 | ||
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| 手鋸 | shǒujù | |
| 1. n. handsaw | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| handsaw | ||
| 1. 手锯 | ||
| Components | ||
| 手 | shǒu | |
| 1. hand | ||
| 2. expert; master | ||
| 高手 - master | ||
| 3. -ist; -er | ||
| 歌手 - singer | ||
| 4. convenient; handy; portable | ||
| 手機 - mobile phone | ||
| 手冊 - handbook | ||
| 5. handwritten | ||
| 6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling | ||
| 7. (Mainland China Hokkien) | ||
| 8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) | ||
| 9. (finance) | ||
| 10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. | ||
| 锯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 鋸 | ||
| 鋸 | jù | |
| 1. saw (tool) | ||
| 2. to saw | ||
| 3. to amputate | ||
| 4. (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument) | ||
| 5. to kill; to slaughter | ||
| 尋晚 佢 畀 人 鋸goe1 咗。 - He was killed last night. - | ||
| 6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to swindle (to obtain by deceitful methods) | ||
| 7. Simplified form of 鋦 | ||
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Pronunciation
shǒu jù
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