勾芡

勾芡

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōuqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ him³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōuqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • 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

1. to thicken a soup by means of starch

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 兜粉, 兜羹, 牽滷／牵卤, 拍滷／拍卤