撬 [－]

Jyutping hiu3
Pinyin qiāo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to pry open
  2. character
    to lift; to raise

撬 [－]

Jyutping hiu3
Pinyin qiào

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to lift/to pry open/to lever open/to lure away
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3298
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #725

撬 [－]

Jyutping giu6
Pinyin qiào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to lift
  2. to pry open
  3. to lever open
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to headhunt or persuade one to change employment (Cantonese)
  2. to lift/to pry open/to lever open/to lure away
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    用​槓桿​原理​將​啲​嘢​打開​，​尤其​係​指​打開​一​啲​本身​要用​鎖匙​嚟​開​嘅​嘢
    to pry
    • 度門俾人撬開咗。
      度门俾人撬开咗。
      The door has been pried opened by someone.
  2. 動詞
    用​利益​引誘​，​令​公司​嘅​職​員​跳槽
    to snatch away
    • 佢將我哋公司嘅員工撬走咗。
      佢将我哋公司嘅员工撬走咗。
      He snatched our company's staff away.
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. lift, raise
  2. pry open
  3. Cangjie Input
    QHUU
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 挖
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    今朝早我同个老婆有少少拗撬。我本来以为无乜嘢，去到夜晚见到佢咁嘅样，先知原来我搞到佢好唔开心。
    今朝早我同個老婆有少少拗撬。我本來以為無乜嘢，去到夜晚見到佢咁嘅樣，先知原來我搞到佢好唔開心。
    gam1 ziu1 zou2 ngo5 tung4 go3 lou5 po4 jau5 siu2 siu2 aau3 hiu3 。 ngo5 bun2 loi4 ji5 wai4 mou4 mat1 je5 ， heoi3 dou3 je6 maan5 gin3 dou3 keoi5 gam3 ge3 joeng6 ， sin1 zi1 jyun4 loi4 ngo5 gaau2 dou3 keoi5 hou3 m4 hoi1 sam1 。
    • This morning I had a bit of a disagreement with my wife. I didn't think it was a big deal, but seeing what she's like this evening I think I must have upset her.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他们试图用一根铁棒撬开锁。
    他們試圖用一根鐵棒撬開鎖。
    tā men shì tú yòng yī gēn tiě bàng qiào kāi suǒ 。
    • They tried to use an iron bar to pry open the lock.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    拗撬
    拗撬
    aau3 giu6
    • bickering
  2. Cantonese
    佢哋成日好多拗撬。
    佢哋成日好多拗撬。
    keoi5 dei6 seng4 jat6 hou2 do1 aau3 giu6.
    • They always have lots of arguments.
  3. Cantonese
    你对佢女朋友咁好，你想撬人墙脚呀？
    你對佢女朋友咁好，你想撬人牆腳呀？
    nei5 deoi3 keoi5 neoi5 pang4 jau5 gam3 hou2, nei5 soeng2 giu6 jan4 coeng4 goek3 aa3?
    • When are you being good to her? She has a boyfriend. Are you bird dogging her?
  4. Cantonese
    今次真系俾你一镬撬起。
    今次真係俾你一鑊撬起。
    • X
  5. Cantonese
    度门俾人撬开咗。
    度門俾人撬開咗。
    • The door has been pried opened by someone.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    […[[#Chinese|]]]，她上锁的柜子还被隔壁班的学生撬开，一直在吃的“糖”（雌性激素药）就在柜子里。
    […[[#Chinese|]]]，她上鎖的櫃子還被隔壁班的學生撬開，一直在吃的“糖”（雌性激素藥）就在櫃子裏。
    … ， tā shàng suǒ de guì zǐ hái bèi gé bì bān de xué shēng qiào kāi ， yī zhí zài chī de “ táng ” （ cí xìng jī sù yào ） jiù zài guì zǐ lǐ ．
    • … her locked cabinet was pried open by the students in the class nearby, and the "candies" (estrongen pills) that she has been eating was found there.