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揸手 (zaa1 sau2) — grasp; manage, govern; handshake (old usage) in Cantonese

zaaˉ¹揸sauˊ²手
Mandarin Pinyin: zha1 shou3

Meaning of 揸手

noungrasp; manage, govern; handshake (old usage)
noun(noun) a handshake; (usually referring to a valuable object) 'a grasp on' / 'the ownership of'/ '(to have) it in hand' / 'a hand on'

Characters in 揸手

揸zaa1
(Cantonese) to hold
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten

Words Containing 揸手

有揸手jau5 zaa1 sau2
to make the mortgage; to have some security in hand (for the mortgage)

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