擠 (zai1) — jostle; shove; push; elbow through in Cantonese

zaiˉ¹擠

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Mandarin Pinyin: ji3

Meaning of 擠

nounjostle; shove; push; elbow through

nouncrowd; pack; cram; be pressed together

nounzai1

nouncrowd out; squeeze out; wring out

nounto put, place | [國] 放, 擺

Example Sentences with 擠

gaauˉ¹交tungˉ¹通taiˊ²擠sak1,塞，haangˎ₄行ceˉ¹車wunˏ₅緩maanˍ₆慢

Traffic is jammed, driving is slow.

faai˗₃快diˉ¹啲zaiˉ¹擠maaiˎ₄埋gwo˗₃過laiˎ₄嚟。

Hurry up and squeeze over here.

ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋zaiˉ¹擠maaiˎ₄埋jatˉ¹一caiˎ₄齊。

We squeezed together.

dangˊ²等ngoˏ₅我zaiˉ¹擠maaiˎ₄埋go˗₃個waiˊ²位sinˉ¹先。

Let me squeeze in a spot first.

keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日zaiˉ¹擠maaiˎ₄埋kingˉ¹傾gaiˊ²計。

They always huddle together to chat.

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Words Containing 擠

擠喺zai1 hai2

to put into

擁擠jung2 zai1

to crowd, push and squeeze, crowded | [粵]: 擠擁, 逼 (bik1), 逼狹

交通擠塞gaau1 tung1 zai1 sak1

congested with traffic

擠埋zai1 maai4

to put away, to put something back where it belongs

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