Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
chēn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
chēn

Definitions by reading

diêng2
Mandarin equivalent chēn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng diênd2 Chenghai diang2 Jieyang diang2 Raoping diang2 Shantou diang2
抻 <动>
拉长东西 [drag out;draw out]
抻,手伸物也。――《集韵》
扯 [stretch]
两个有人命血债的财主,被团民抻着发辫,砍头示众。――冯骥才《义和拳》
拖延 [delay]
这样抻的时间越长,粮价就越往高涨。我们再抻一抻有好处。――浩然《洪涛集》
抻面
[make noodles by drawing out the dough by hand] 用手把面团扯成面条儿
抻面
[hand-pulled noodles] 用手扯成的面条儿                                                                                                                                                       

抻(捵)chēn扯,拉:~面条。~袖子。~ ~衣服。
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English meaning

(Cant.) to hold between the fingers and thumb