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揞住嘴笑 (am2 zyu6 zeoi2 siu3) — to cover up one's smile with a hand; chuckle in a secret way in Cantonese

amˊ²揞zyuˍ₆住zeoiˊ²嘴siu˗₃笑
Mandarin Pinyin: an3 zhu4 zui3 xiao4

Meaning of 揞住嘴笑

nounto cover up one's smile with a hand; chuckle in a secret way
nounto cover up one's smile / laugh with their hand

Characters in 揞住嘴笑

揞am2
cover up with hand
住zyu6
stop; cease
嘴zeoi2
sth like a mouth e.g. spout, nozzle, beak, snout
笑siu3
ridicule; deride; jeer

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