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Translingual
Han character
𦧺 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹口木中金 (HRDLC), four-corner 2768, composition ⿰舌賴)
References
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 賴.
Etymology
The vernacular reading of 舐, which preserves the Old Chinese initial *l-.
Pronunciation
Definitions
𦧺 (Cantonese)
- (transitive) to lick
- (figurative, slang, transitive) to suck up to; to brownnose
- 𦧺共／𫇘共 [Cantonese] ― laai2 gung6 ― to suck up to the Communist Party of China
Usage notes
- (to suck up to): Often takes objects that are abbreviated forms, as shown in the example. More often written as 奶.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
舔 (“to lick”)
Compounds