Chinese Word Entry

插腳

Simplified Chinese form: 插脚

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): chā jiǎo
Cantonese (Jyutping): caap3 goek3
Definitions:
  1. to shove in

  2. to edge in

  3. fig to poke one's nose into people's business

  4. prong


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Chinese characters used in this word

insert, stick into, plant
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄚ (chā), ㄓㄚˇ (zhǎ)
Cantonese: caap3
Japanese: ソウ (sou) / さ.す (sasu)、 はさ.む (hasamu)、 にない (ninai)、 とる (toru)
Korean: 삽 (sab)
Vietnamese: sáp, tráp, chắp
Variants
Simplified Japanese form:
Semantic variant form:

foot, base, leg, foundation
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo)
Cantonese: goek3
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Semantic variant form: