拉鋸

Chinese

		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
trad. (拉鋸)		拉	鋸
simp. (拉锯)		拉	锯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lājù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ goe³, laai¹ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lājù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lajyù
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: lā-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhajiuh
    • Palladius: лацзюй (laczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• 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/

Verb

拉鋸

1. to work a two-man saw
2. (figurative, of battle etc.) to seesaw back and forth

Derived terms

• 拉鋸戰／拉锯战 (lājùzhàn)