拉鋸
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw |
a saw; to saw; to mend (china) with staples | ||
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trad. (拉鋸) | 拉 | 鋸 | |
simp. (拉锯) | 拉 | 锯 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄐㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lajyù
- Wade–Giles: la1-chü4
- Yale: lā-jyù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhajiuh
- Palladius: лацзюй (laczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: laai1 goe3 / laai1 geoi3
- Yale: lāai geu / lāai geui
- Cantonese Pinyin: laai1 goe3 / laai1 goey3
- Guangdong Romanization: lai1 gê3 / lai1 gêu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ kœː³³/, /laːi̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]拉鋸
- to work a two-man saw
- (figurative, of battle etc.) to seesaw back and forth