Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qìn
English
- press
- to press (with one's hand or finger)
- (verb) 1. to ring (a doorbell) 2. press with hands
- to press (especially with a finger); to apply physical pressure onto something
- the pronunciation of 撳 in Macau
- push
- to withdraw money from the ATM
- to suppress; to control
粵語
- 用手指向下施力，或用其他方法施加（物理）壓力
- 「撳」喺澳門嘅讀音
- 喺提款機拎錢；撳錢
- 壓止；控制；抑制
Variants
Words containing 撳
- 撳機gam6 gei1
cash withdrawal at ATM (spoken)
- 撳錢gam6 cin2
withdrawing money from a cash machine
- 撳釘gam6 deng1
a thumbtack; a drawing pin
- 撳掣gam6 zai3
verb; to push a button
- 撳鷓鴣gam6 ze3 gu1
verb; to fool someone
- 撳𨋢gam6 lip1
to press the floor button in the lift
- 搓圓撳扁co1 jyun4 gam6 bin2
literally meaning 'make round and press flat', usually to describe someone who is easy going or can be easily swayed
- 撳實gam6 sat6
- 撳錯gam6 co3
- 撳鐘gam6 zung1
verb; to push the door bell
- 撳沉gam6 cam4
- 撳熄gam6 sik1
- 撳芯筆gam6 sam1 bat1
mechanical pencil
- 撳地游水gam6 dei6 jau4 seoi2
being extra cautious and playing it safe
- 撳住頭gam6 zyu6 tau4
- 撳門鐘gam6 mun4 zung1
- 撳鐘仔gam6 zung1 zai2
- 撳電掣gam6 din6 zai3
- 撳住嚟搶gam6 zyu6 lai4 coeng2
- 撳停個掣gam6 ting4 go3 zai3
- 唔撳得牛頭低m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1
- 點撳得牛頭低dim2 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1
- 牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1
it's impossible to force one to do something unwillingly (slang)
- 牛唔飲水點撳得牛頭低ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 dim2 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1
one cannot be forced to do something against their own will