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  • niǎn

English

  1. twirl in fingers, tease, toy with
  2. to play tricks on or toy with
  3. to play with something in one's hand
  4. not (after monosyllabic verbs except 冇 mou5); used in a relatively heightened emotional state to negate the patient
  5. infix between adverbs, including 咁 gam3, 好 hou2, 幾 gei2, 勁 ging6 or 最 zeoi3, and adjectives to denote a strong degree
  6. penis; dick ----
  7. delicate
  8. to make a fool of; to fool with
  9. used in a relatively heightened emotional state to focus on the negation of the action and, when without subjects, to denote the absence of agents, as an equivalent of indefinite pronouns "nobody" and "no one" in English
  10. infix between negation adverbs like 唔 m4 and 咪 mai5, and verbs / adjectives to intensify negation; "not ... at all"; "extremely not"
  11. a person of low status, usually referring to males
  12. exquisite (Cantonese)
  13. to show off one's skills or mastery of technique (usually involving hands)
  14. intensifier following verbs which are usually monosyllabic and transitive; should be placed closer to the verb than suffixes
  15. affixed to negate any adjective or verb with a positive or affirmative connotation, after its first syllable; "not fucking ... at all"; "fucking not"; "fuck-all"
  16. infix used to strengthen the negative connotation after the first syllable of certain non-positive adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, or predicate-object compound verbs (In the senses above, the affix precedes its equivalents 柒 cat6, 鳩 gau1 and 閪 hai1.)
  17. (suffix) a person who is strongly identified with, or focuses on, a particular field or subject, usually male; can be derogatory or neutral depending on context; may also be expressed in its euphemisms L, J and JJ
  18. to grab with fingers
  19. to sqeeze; to pinch; to twist with one's fingers; to apply pressure with one's hands
  20. to compete, to contest against
  21. (see also 扼 aak1) (of one's throat or neck) to strangle

粵語

  1. 喺手上把玩
  2. 加喺「冇」以外嘅單音節動詞後面，表示對受事者嘅否定，並且處於比較高漲嘅情緒狀態
  3. 插喺副詞「咁」、「好」、「幾」、「勁」、「最」，同形容詞之間，表示程度強烈
  4. 陽具（量詞：條／碌）
  5. 作弄；撚化
  6. 表示處於比較高漲嘅情緒狀態，聚焦喺對動作嘅否定；冇主語嘅話，就代指「冇（任何）人」、「一個人都冇」，表示施事者從缺
  7. 插喺否定副詞「唔」、「咪」，同動詞、形容詞之間，加強否定語氣
  8. 唔起眼或社會地位低嘅人，通常指男人
  9. 展現技巧、手勢
  10. 喺動詞後面加強語氣，而該動詞通常係單音節同及物；比後綴更加貼近動詞
  11. 插喺褒義或含肯定義嘅形容詞、動詞第一個音節之後，用作否定
  12. 插喺若干非褒義形容詞、副詞、代詞、述賓式動詞第一個音節之後，加強貶義（喺上述咁多個義項中，會排得前過同類嘅「柒」、「鳩」、「閪」。）
  13. 加喺某範疇後面，表示對佢有興趣或者執著嘅人，通常指男性；有時帶侮辱成份，但有時中性；亦都延伸出L、J、JJ 呢啲委婉語
  14. 用手指抓緊
  15. 雙手或者多隻手指夾住一嚿嘢，向佢施加壓力
  16. 競爭、比拼
  17. 扼某人條頸

Decomposition

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扌然

IDS

⿰扌然

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扌然

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