扦插

Chinese

		graft (tree); stick in	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
trad. (扦插)		扦	插
simp. #(扦插)		扦	插

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ caap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciancha
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: chyān-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiancha
    • Palladius: цяньча (cjanʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ caap³
    • Yale: chīn chaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ tsaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ cab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³/

Verb

扦插

1. (agriculture) to transplant a cutting; to use cuttage; to remove a leaf, stem, branch, or root of a plant and cultivate to grow a new plant

Synonyms

• 插條／插条 (chātiáo)
• 插枝 (chāzhī)
• (Hokkien) 硩枝, 墊枝／垫枝