扯

Translingual

Han character

扯 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手卜中一 (QYLM), four-corner 5101₀, composition ⿰扌止)

Derived characters

• 𠳏, 𨁘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 418, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11833
• Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1836, character 4
• Unihan data for U+626F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Originally written as 撦. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjaːʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Definitions

扯

1. to pull; to tug (usually something that is flexible)

   唔好扯住我件衫。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ hou² ce² zyu⁶ ngo⁵ gin⁶ saam¹.

   Stop pulling my shirt.

2. to tear
3. to talk casually; to chat

   胡扯  ―  húchě  ―  to chatter idly

4. ridiculous; crazy

   今天看病要等六個小時，太扯了！ [MSC, trad.]
   今天看病要等六个小时，太扯了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān kànbìng yào děng liù ge xiǎoshí, tài chě le!

   Today, people had to wait for six hours to see the doctor. It's absolutely ridiculous!

5. (dialectal, of weather) to fall; to have

   扯霍閃／扯霍闪 [Sichuanese]  ―  ce³ ho² san³ [Sichuanese Pinyin]  ―  to have lightning

6. (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument)
7. (Cantonese) to raise by pulling; to hoist

   扯旗 [Cantonese]  ―  ce² kei⁴   ―  to hoist a flag

8. (Cantonese) to breathe; to puff; to suck in

   扯鼻鼾 [Cantonese]  ―  ce² bei⁶ hon⁴   ―  to snore

   扯飛煙／扯飞烟 [Cantonese]  ―  ce² fei¹ jin¹   ―  to smoke a dart

9. (Cantonese) Short for 扯旗 (“to have an erection”).

   • 渣住對肥仔波，攬住佢個大肚腩，搣佢塊面，真係諗起都扯扯地。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     渣住对肥仔波，揽住佢个大肚腩，搣佢块面，真系谂起都扯扯地。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2015, 少少肥, 《自修室‧學界嘅蘭桂坊》, page 30

     zaa¹ zyu⁶ deoi³ fei⁴ zai² bo¹, laam² zyu⁶ keoi⁵ go³ daai⁶ tou⁵ naam⁵, mit¹ keoi⁵ faai³ min⁶, zan¹ hai⁶ nam² hei² dou¹ ce² ce² dei^6-2.

     Grabbing his manboobs, hugging his huge belly, and pinching his cheeks; just remembering it makes me a little hard.

   • 再講多次，Firework即係阿威，碌鳩又黑又短又多毛，明明扯咗都好似未扯咁，啲鳩毛長到遮住個龜頭，要細心啲睇先隱約見到頭頂個嘴仔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     再讲多次，Firework即系阿威，碌鸠又黑又短又多毛，明明扯咗都好似未扯咁，啲鸠毛长到遮住个龟头，要细心啲睇先隐约见到头顶个嘴仔。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016 September 30, 于日辰, 倫敦金2之《潛龍勿用》, page 80

     zoi³ gong² do¹ ci³, Firework zik¹ hai⁶ aa³ wai¹, luk¹ gau¹ jau⁶ hak¹ jau⁶ dyun² jau⁶ do¹ mou⁴, ming⁴ ming⁴ ce² zo² dou¹ hou² ci⁵ mei⁶ ce² gam², di¹ gau¹ mou⁴ coeng⁴ dou³ ze¹ zyu⁶ go³ gwai¹ tau⁴, jiu³ sai³ sam¹ di¹ tai² sin¹ jan² joek³ gin³ dou^3-2 tau⁴ deng² go³ zeoi² zai².

     I'll repeat: Firework is none other than Ah Wai. His dick's dark, short, and hairy, and looks as if nothing happened even when it's clearly hard. His pubes are long enough to cover the tip, and you need to look carefully before faintly being able to see the hole at the top.

Synonyms

• (to pull):

• (to tear):

• (to chat):

• (to play):

• (to have an erection):

Compounds

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: xé

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

扯

1. (Cantonese) to leave

   凳都未坐暖就扯？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   dang³ dou¹ mei⁶ co⁵ nyun⁵ zau⁶ ce²?

   Your seat isn't even warm yet, and you're leaving?

   你扯啦，唔好煩住我。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你扯啦，唔好烦住我。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ ce² laa¹, m⁴ hou² faan⁴ zyu⁶ ngo⁵.

   Leave and stop bothering me.

2. (Cantonese) away

   拎扯 [Cantonese]  ―  ling¹ ce²   ―  to take away

Compounds

References

• “扯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): た (ta); しゃ (sha)
• Kun: ひく (hiku)

Korean

Hanja

扯 • (cha) (hangeul 차, revised cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'a, Yale cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

扯: Hán Nôm readings: chải, xả, chẻ, giẫy, xới, chỉ, xé, xẻ, xởi

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