擠

See also: 挤

擠 U+64E0, 擠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64E0 ← 擟 [U+64DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 擡 → [U+64E1]

Translingual

Han character

擠 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 手卜難 (QYX), four-corner 5002₃, composition ⿰扌齊)

Derived characters

• 𫬬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 459, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12848
• Dae Jaweon: page 808, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1976, character 1
• Unihan data for U+64E0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (齊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
儕	*zriːl
麡	*zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
齋	*ʔsriːl
穧	*ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
擠	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
躋	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
齏	*ʔsliːl
齎	*ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
櫅	*ʔsliːl
齌	*ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
隮	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
賷	*ʔsliːl
虀	*ʔsliːl
濟	*ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
癠	*ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
霽	*ʔsliːls
齊	*zliːl, *zliːls
臍	*zliːl
蠐	*zliːl, *zlil
懠	*zliːl, *zliːls
薺	*zliːlʔ, *zlil
鱭	*zliːlʔ
嚌	*zliːls
劑	*zliːls, *ʔslel
齍	*ʔslil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

Etymology 1

trad.		擠
simp.		挤
alternative forms		㨈 𡬚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ché

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zin³ / zi³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³
    • Yale: jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ji¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zai¹
    • Yale: jāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ché
    • Tâi-lô: tsé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡se⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zin³ / zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsìⁿ / tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ²¹³/, /t͡si²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci
    • MiniDict: ci^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsej, tsejH

Rime
Character	擠	擠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	祖稽切	子計切
Baxter	tsej	tsejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sei/	/t͡seiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sei/	/t͡seiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛi/	/t͡sɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛj/	/t͡sɛjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sei/	/t͡seiH/
Wang Li	/t͡siei/	/t͡sieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡siei/	/t͡sieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zai1	zai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsliːl/, /*ʔsliːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擠	擠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10033	10049
Phonetic component	齊	齊
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	齎	霽
Old Chinese	/*ʔsliːl/	/*ʔsliːls/
Notes	祖由相校改

Definitions

擠

1. to crowd together tightly; to squeeze

   擠得像沙丁魚／挤得像沙丁鱼  ―  jǐ de xiàng shādīngyú  ―  packed like sardines

2. to squeeze one's way in; to cram in
3. to squeeze out; to wring; to use pressure to extract
4. (Cantonese) to place; to put

Synonyms

• (to squeeze):

Dialectal synonyms of 擠 (“to squeeze out”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		擠1
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	擠1
	Singapore	擠1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擳
	Hong Kong	擳
Hakka	Meixian	唧, 撚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	撚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	撚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	撚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	揢
Southern Min	Xiamen	擠2
	Quanzhou	擠2
	Zhangzhou	擠2
	Tainan	擠2, 捏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	捏
	Manila (Hokkien)	擠2
	Raoping	捏
	Shantou	揉, 擠1
	Jieyang	捏
	Singapore (Teochew)	捏
Wu	Shanghai	捘, 擠
	Suzhou	捘
	Wuxi	捘

• (to put):

Dialectal synonyms of 放 (“to put; to place”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		置
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		放
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	擱, 放
	Taiwan	放
	Singapore	放
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	擱, 放
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	擱, 放
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	擱, 放
	Wuhan	放, 擱, 頓, 擺
	Guilin	放
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	擺, 放
	Hefei	擱, 放
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放, 擠, 躉
	Hong Kong	放, 擠, 躉, 擺
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	放
	Macau	擠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	擠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	擠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	放
	Foshan	擠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	擠
	Foshan (Shunde)	擠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	擠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	擠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	安
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	擠
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	擠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	放
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	放
	Taishan	放, 跌, 躉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	放
	Enping (Niujiang)	放
	Heshan (Yayao)	放
	Dongguan	𠱂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	放
	Yangjiang	𠱂, 放
	Singapore (Guangfu)	擺
Gan	Nanchang	擱, 擺, 放
Hakka	Meixian	放
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	放
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	放
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	放
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	放
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	放
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	放
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	囥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	放
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	放
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	放
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	囥
Jin	Taiyuan	擱, 放
Northern Min	Jian'ou	架, 放
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	放, 廮
	Matsu	放, 廮
Southern Min	Xiamen	𣹇, 下
	Quanzhou	𣹇, 下
	Zhangzhou	𣹇, 下
	Tainan	囥
	Penang (Hokkien)	下
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放
	Manila (Hokkien)	下
	Chaozhou	放
	Shantou	放
	Singapore (Teochew)	放
	Singapore (Hainanese)	放
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	安
Wu	Shanghai	擺, 放
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	安, 放, 擺, 擱
	Suzhou	擺, 放
	Wuxi	放
	Changshu	安
	Kunshan	放
	Jiaxing	擺
	Jiashan	擺
	Pinghu	擺
	Changzhou	放
	Huzhou	擺
	Hangzhou	擺
	Shaoxing	擺
	Zhuji	擺
	Ningbo	安, 擺
	Zhoushan	擺, 安
	Wenzhou	囥
Xiang	Changsha	放, 擺
	Shuangfeng	放

Compounds

• 你推我擠 / 你推我挤
• 挨擠 / 挨挤
• 排擠 / 排挤 (páijǐ)
• 推擠 / 推挤 (tuījǐ)
• 擁擠 / 拥挤 (yōngjǐ)
• 擠乳機 / 挤乳机
• 擠兌 / 挤兑 (jǐduì)
• 擠壓 / 挤压 (jǐyā)
• 擠對 / 挤对 (jǐduì)
• 擠成一團 / 挤成一团
• 擠手捏腳 / 挤手捏脚
• 擠抑 / 挤抑
• 擠提 / 挤提
• 擠撮 / 挤撮
• 擠滿 / 挤满 (jǐmǎn)
• 擠爆 / 挤爆
• 擠眉弄眼 / 挤眉弄眼
• 擠眉溜眼 / 挤眉溜眼
• 擠眼弄眉 / 挤眼弄眉
• 擠訛頭 / 挤讹头
• 擠陷 / 挤陷

 

Etymology 2

trad.		擠
simp.		挤
alternative forms		績／绩 (to squeeze out) 勣／𪟝 (to injure the bones) muscles or joints

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek / chiak / jek

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jek
    • Tâi-lô: jik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jeg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɪk̚³²/

Definitions

擠

1. (Hokkien) to squeeze out
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to injure the bones, muscles, or joints of one's arms or legs due to violent and sudden contact with a hard object

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 擠 (“to squeeze out”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		擠1
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	擠1
	Singapore	擠1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擳
	Hong Kong	擳
Hakka	Meixian	唧, 撚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	撚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	撚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	撚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	揢
Southern Min	Xiamen	擠2
	Quanzhou	擠2
	Zhangzhou	擠2
	Tainan	擠2, 捏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	捏
	Manila (Hokkien)	擠2
	Raoping	捏
	Shantou	揉, 擠1
	Jieyang	捏
	Singapore (Teochew)	捏
Wu	Shanghai	捘, 擠
	Suzhou	捘
	Wuxi	捘

Etymology 3

trad.		擠
simp.		挤

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoeh / kheh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoeh
    • Tâi-lô: khueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoeq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰueʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh
    • Tâi-lô: kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰeʔ³²/

Definitions

擠

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 𤲍 (xiá)

References

• “擠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01692
• “Entry #12176”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

擠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: おす (osu, 擠す)

Korean

Hanja

擠 (eum 제 (je))

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Vietnamese

Han character

擠: Hán Nôm readings: tê, tể, tễ

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