Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiē
English
- wedge
- wedge
- gatepost
- to hammer in (variant of 揳[xie1])
- foreword
- (verb.) to squeeze into; to wedge into
- a wedge, for putting into a small gap to fix the wooden parts or fix the door
粵語
- 作動詞用：將物件塞入一個細嘅空間，參考：攝
- 作名詞用：上平厚、下尖扁的木塊。塞在榫頭縫隙或門縫中，使之固定。
Words containing 楔
- 楔子sit3 zi2
wedge
- 入楔jap6 sit3
soccer jargon; rush in like a wedge - a player wedges into the field which is heavily guarded by opponents, and receives the pass from teammate successfully
- 楔形sit3 jing4
cuneiform (letters)
- 楔形物sit3 jing4 mat6
wedge
- 楔尾鷗sit3 mei5 au1
(bird species of China) Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
- 楔形文字sit3 jing4 man4 zi6
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
- 楔嘴鷯鶥sit3 zeoi2 liu4 mei4
(bird species of China) Cachar wedge-billed babbler (Sphenocichla roberti)
- 楔竈罅sip3 zou3 laa3
- 楔尾伯勞sit3 mei5 baak3 lou4
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
- 楔尾綠鳩sit3 mei5 luk6 gau1
(bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)