揩 kāi
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kāi
verb
to rub; to wipe; dust; clean
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 擦 or 抹 (Guoyu '揩' v 1; Kroll 2015 '揩', p. 235; Unihan '揩') -
kāi
verb
to seek profit; to exploit
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 捞取 or 榨取 (Guoyu '揩' v 1; Unihan '揩')
Contained in
- 揩汗 to wipe away sweat
- 揩油 to take advantage of; to freeload
- 揩抹 to wipe clean
- 揩擦 to wipe
- 揩拭 to wipe off; to wipe clean
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第四十二回 Chapter 42 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 3
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 第五回 Chapter 5 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 第八十六回 Chapter 86 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 第一百三回 Chapter 103 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 《明堂位》 The Places in the Hall of Distinction The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 揩揩 (揩揩) 你揩揩眼淚 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十九回 Chapter 39 — count: 8
- 揩泪 (揩淚) 那老兒方纔揩淚道 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九十三回 Chapter 93 — count: 6
- 揩鼓 (揩鼓) 俗謂之揩鼓 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 — count: 3
- 揩眼泪 (揩眼淚) 你揩揩眼淚 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十九回 Chapter 39 — count: 3
- 来揩 (來揩) 忙取出一個汗巾子來揩臉 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十七回 Chapter 27 — count: 2
- 揩洗 (揩洗) 進則防揩洗之偽 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷76 盧同 張烈 Volume 76: Lu Tong, Zhang Lie — count: 2
- 衣揩 (衣揩) 但暗暗扯衣揩淚 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十六回 Chapter 36 — count: 2
- 揩改 (揩改) 多有揩改 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百七十八 列傳第一百二十八: 趙隱 張裼 李蔚 崔彥昭 鄭畋 盧攜 王徽 Volume 178 Biographies 128: Zhao Yin, Zhang Ti, Li Yu, Cui Yanzhao, Zheng Tian, Lu Xie, Wang Hui — count: 2
- 防揩 (防揩) 進則防揩洗之偽 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷76 盧同 張烈 Volume 76: Lu Tong, Zhang Lie — count: 2