Chinese Word Entry
拉鋸戰Simplified Chinese form: 拉锯战
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄌㄚ ㄐㄩˋ ㄓㄢˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | lā jù zhàn |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | laai1 geoi3 zin3 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 拉 | Latin, kidnap, crush, pull, drag, seize, hold, lengthen |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄚ (lā), ㄌㄚˊ (lá), ㄌㄚˇ (lǎ), ㄌㄚˋ (là), ㄌㄚ˙ (la) |
| Cantonese: | laai1 |
| Japanese: | ラツ (ratsu)、 ラ (ra)、 ロウ (rou) / らっ.する (rassuru)、 ひし.ぐ (hishigu)、 くだ.く (kudaku) |
| Korean: | 랍 (rab), 납 (nab) |
| Vietnamese: | lạp, lấp |
| 鋸 | saw (cuts wood), a saw, to saw, amputate |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄩˋ (jù), ㄐㄩ (jū) |
| Cantonese: | geoi3 |
| Japanese: | キョ (kyo)、 コ (ko) / のこ (noko)、 のこぎり (nokogiri) |
| Korean: | 거 (geo) |
| Vietnamese: | cứ, cưa |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 锯 |
| Semantic variant form: | 鋦 |
| 戰 | war, fighting, battle |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄢˋ (zhàn) |
| Cantonese: | zin3 |
| Japanese: | セン (sen) / いくさ (ikusa)、 たたか.う (tatakau)、 おのの.く (ononoku)、 そよぐ (soyogu) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | chiến |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 战 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 戦 |