勾芡

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	Euryale ferox
simp. and trad. (勾芡)		勾	芡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōuqiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄑㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ him³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gōuqiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouchiann
  - IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau¹ him³
  - Yale: ngāu him
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ him³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ him³
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ hiːm³³/

Verb

勾芡

to thicken a soup by means of starch

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