"hold" meaning in Chinese

See hold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /hou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hou¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hōu [Cantonese, Yale], hou¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English hold. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|hold}} English hold Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} hold
  1. to put something on hold; to cause delay Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-hold-zh-verb-TaAtMAHi Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 70 16 14 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 80 10 10
  2. to possess Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-hold-zh-verb-P1Opml4L
  3. to reserve Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-hold-zh-verb-Zn7PTpfy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hold住

Download JSON data for hold meaning in Chinese (1.7kB)

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      "ipa": "/hou̯⁵⁵/",
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "hold",
  "trace": ""
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