Radical
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
yào
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
12 strokes
Mandarin
yào

Definitions by reading

a3
Mandarin equivalent yào
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng a3 Chenghai a3 Jieyang a3 Raoping a3 Shantou a3
①争辩,争论:~乜事(争论什么事)? | 勿斗[dao3]~(别争吵)。
②否认,否定:现堵定,免~(明摆着,别不承认) | ~毋去(否定不了)。
③闲聊:~闲话 | ~冇[pan3]。
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English meaning

(Cant.) to argue, debate