撮 [－]

Jyutping cyut3
Pinyin cuò

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, colloquial, dialectal
    to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
  2. character
    Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful
    • 一撮鹽
      一撮盐
      yī cuō yán
      a pinch of salt
    • 一撮人
      一撮人
      yī cuō rén
      a handful of people
  3. character, Teochew
    Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group
  4. character
    to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
  5. character
    to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
  6. character
    to bring together (e.g. a couple)
  7. character
    to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
  8. character
    to extract; to summarise
  9. character
    Classifier for tufts of hair.

撮 [－]

Jyutping cyut3
Pinyin zuǒ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. classifier for hair or grass: tuft
  2. Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    Classifier for tufts of hair.

撮 [－]

Jyutping cyut3
Pinyin cuō

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips
  2. to scoop up
  3. to collect together
  4. to extract
  5. to gather up
  6. classifier: pinch
  7. Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips/to scoop up/to collect together/to extract/to gather up/classifier: pinch / tuft
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    縮短
    to shorten
    • 撮寫
      撮写
      cyut3 se2
      to shorten a passage into its main points; to precis
    • 撮要
      撮要
      cyut3 jiu3
      abstract; summary
  2. 量詞
    一束​嘢​；​多用​於​草​、​頭​髮​等​絲​狀​嘅​嘢
    a bundle of (usually of hair and grass)
    • 一撮頭髮
      一撮头发
      a lock of hair
  3. 量詞
    一部分​人
    a group of people
    • 一小撮人
      一小撮人
      a small group of people
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. little bit, small amount, pinch
  2. Cangjie Input
    QASE
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个媒人婆大大话话都撮合过超过百对男女。
    呢個媒人婆大大話話都撮合過超過百對男女。
    ni1 go3 mui4 jan4 po4 daai6 daai6 waa6 waa6 dou1 cyut3 hap6 gwo3 ciu1 gwo3 baak3 deoi3 naam4 neoi5.
    • This matchmaker brought at least 100 pairs together.
  2. Cantonese
    佢两个咪就系我撮合㗎啰。
    佢兩個咪就係我撮合㗎囉。
    keoi5 loeng5 go3 mai6 zau6 hai6 ngo5 cyut3 hap6 gaa3 lo1.
    • It's me who matched these two up.
  3. Cantonese
    撮写
    撮寫
    cyut3 se2
    • to shorten a passage into its main points; to precis
  4. Cantonese
    撮要
    撮要
    cyut3 jiu3
    • abstract; summary
  5. Cantonese
    一撮头发
    一撮頭髮
    • a lock of hair
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一撮盐
    一撮鹽
    yī cuō yán
    • a pinch of salt
  2. Mandarin
    一撮人
    一撮人
    yī cuō rén
    • a handful of people
  3. Mandarin
    在无产阶级文化大革命中，为一小撮执行资产阶级反动路线的人所把持的《西藏日报》不但没有贯彻您的指示，相反抵制您的指示，忠实地为资产阶级反动路线服务，所以我们造了区党委一小撮坚持资产阶级反动路线者的反。
    在無產階級文化大革命中，為一小撮執行資產階級反動路線的人所把持的《西藏日報》不但沒有貫徹您的指示，相反抵制您的指示，忠實地為資產階級反動路線服務，所以我們造了區黨委一小撮堅持資產階級反動路線者的反。
    zài wú chǎn jiē jí wén huà dà gé mìng zhōng ， wéi yī xiǎo cuō zhí xíng zī chǎn jiē jí fǎn dòng lù xiàn de rén suǒ bǎ chí de “ xī zàng rì bào ” bù dàn méi yǒu guàn chè nín de zhǐ shì ， xiàng fǎn dǐ zhì nín de zhǐ shì ， zhōng shí dì wèi zī chǎn jiē jí fǎn dòng lù xiàn fú wù ， suǒ yǐ wǒ men zào le qū dǎng wěi yī xiǎo cuō jiān chí zī chǎn jiē jí fǎn dòng lù xiàn zhě de fǎn ．
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  4. Mandarin
    我要飞向火热的日球，让我在眼前一阵光、身内一阵热的当儿，失去知觉，而化作一阵烟，一撮灰。
    我要飛向火熱的日球，讓我在眼前一陣光、身內一陣熱的當兒，失去知覺，而化作一陣煙，一撮灰。
    wǒ yào fēi xiàng huǒ rè de rì qiú ， ràng wǒ zài yǎn qián yī zhèn guāng ， shēn nèi yī zhèn rè de dān gé r5 ， shī qù zhī jiào ， ér huà zuò yī zhèn yān ， yī cuō huī ．
    • X
  5. Mandarin
    一小撮反革命
    一小撮反革命
    yī xiǎo cuō fǎn gé mìng
    • a handful of counterrevolutionaries