"pull" meaning in Chinese

See pull in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pʰuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Pseudo-anglicism, derived from pull via 拉 (“to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads”, literally “to pull”). Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|yue|en|pull}} Pseudo-anglicism, derived from pull Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} pull
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Internet Synonyms: Related terms: sage [English]
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    {
      "word": "push"
    },
    {
      "roman": "teoi1",
      "word": "推"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads"
      ],
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        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads"
      ],
      "related": [
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        }
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        {
          "word": "拉"
        }
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Cantonese",
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      ],
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    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
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    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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      ],
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    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰuː⁵⁵/",
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      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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      ]
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  ],
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}
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      "word": "push"
    },
    {
      "roman": "teoi1",
      "word": "推"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "sage"
    }
  ],
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese pseudo-loans from English",
        "Cantonese terms derived from English",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese internet slang",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu¹"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰuː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "拉"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pull"
}

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