span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)/to span (measure with one's hand)
Definitions (Unihan)
grope, press, span
Cangjie Input
QHS
拃 [-]
Jyutping
zaa6
Pinyin
zhǎ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)
to span (measure with one's hand)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
(noun) 1. Handful (Unit of sand); 2. Group (unit of people); (verb) 1. Interrupt; 2. Stop
to obstruct/to block/to interrupt/handful of, a quantifier/a group of, a quantifier
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
量詞
一啲散修修或者好細粒嘅嘢喺埋一齊 a bundle of; a handful of; a bulk of
一拃沙
一拃沙
jat1 zaa6 saa1 a handful of sand
一拃雜物
一拃杂物
jat1 zaa6 zaap6 mat6 a bulk of junk
動詞
佔用、塞住一啲位置,搞到其他嘢過唔到、用唔到嗰啲地方 to block; to occupy
拃住啲位
拃住啲位
to occupy the space
你喺條路中心度拃著晒,其他人唔使行啦。
你喺条路中心度拃著晒,其他人唔使行啦。
You are blocking the road at its center, how can others pass by?
近義詞
掗
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
Classifier for lengths in spans, or the width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger or little finger: span
character
to measure by handspans; to span
character, Cantonese
Classifier for people or objects: bunch; group
一拃人
一拃人
jat1 zaa6 jan4 a group of people
我去执吓房里便嗰拃嘢。
我去执吓房里便𠮶拃嘢。
ngo5 heoi3 zap1 haa5 fong2 leoi5 bin6 go2 zaa6 je5. I will tidy up the [bunch of] things in the room.
character, Cantonese
Classifier for handfuls of something.