拗撬

Chinese

		stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two	to lift
trad. (拗撬)		拗	撬
simp. #(拗撬)		拗	撬
alternative forms		詏撬／𬣦撬

Etymology

Possibly a phono-semantic matching of English argue. Doublet of argue.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³ giu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aau³ giu⁶
    • Yale: aau giuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aau³ giu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ao³ giu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³³ kiːu̯²²/

Noun

拗撬

1. (Cantonese) argument; quarrel