繑 (kiu5) — have one's arm held in the crook of sb'… in Cantonese

kiuˏ₅繑

Mandarin Pinyin: qiao1

Meaning of 繑

nounhave one's arm held in the crook of sb's arm | [華] 挽

nouncoil; wind; entwine | [華] 繞

nouncross one's arms or legs | [var.] 蹺 | [華] 交叉

nounsew

yauˏ₅有siˎ₄時gwongˊ²廣dungˉ¹東waaˊ²話gongˊ²講heiˊ²起soengˏ₅上leiˎ₄嚟douˉ¹都geiˊ²幾kiu5-2繑hauˊ²口

Sometimes Cantonese can be very hard to pronounce.

gaauˉ¹繑hauˍ₆後go˗₃個doiˍ₆袋

Put the bag behind.

gaauˉ¹繑hauˍ₆後dangˊ²等ngoˏ₅我

Wait for me behind.

keoiˏ₅佢keiˊ²企haiˊ²喺gaauˉ¹繑hauˍ₆後

He's standing at the back.

ngoˏ₅我haiˊ²喺gaauˉ¹繑hauˍ₆後minˍ₆面

I'm at the back.

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