Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
qián
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
qián

Definitions by reading

kiêng5
Mandarin equivalent qián
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng kiênd5 Chaoyang kiang5 Chenghai kiang5 Jieyang kiang5 Raoping kiang5 Shantou kiang5
掮〈动〉
[方]∶把东西放在肩上运走 [carry on the shoulder]
只见外边有人掮了一卷行李。――《老残游记》
又如:掮鹰放鹞(喻指不务正业的纨袴恶少的行经);掮洋钱(比喻垫钱。指旧时妓院中的娘姨、大姐借钱给妓女)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
掮qián

⒈用肩扛东西:~行李。~货物。

⒉[掮客]替买卖双方介绍交易,从中取得佣金的人。
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English meaning

to bear on the shoulders