揀手 in Chinese

IPA: /kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: gaan² sau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], gáan sáu [Cantonese, Yale], gaan² sau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], gan² seo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 拣手 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 揀手

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "拣手",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "揀手",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "揀手貨"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "拣手货"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "choice; quality; finest"
      ],
      "id": "en-揀手-zh-adj-JG4a8xqb",
      "links": [
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          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "finest",
          "finest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, of products) choice; quality; finest"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of products"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan² sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gáan sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan² sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan² seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "揀手"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "揀手貨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "拣手货"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "拣手",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "揀手",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 手",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 揀",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "choice; quality; finest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "finest",
          "finest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, of products) choice; quality; finest"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of products"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan² sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gáan sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan² sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan² seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "揀手"
}

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"揀手" meaning in Chinese

Adjective