插 caap³ {chā}

(Cantonese) 1. to scold or blame 2. to have sex 3. to claim territory 4. to stab

揷〔插〕 {chā}

1. to insert
2. stick in
3. pierce
4. to take part in
5. to interfere
6. to interpose

插 caap³ {chā}

1. to insert
2. stick in
3. pierce
4. to take part in
5. to interfere
6. to interpose

插戴 caap³ daai³ {chā dài}

a woman's head ornament; to wear (an ornament) on the head

插旗 caap³ kei⁴ {chā qí}

verb; Insert / put on flag or banners. it means take over the place and put up their own flag, occupied, takeover, declaration of sovereignty

插水 caap³ seoi² {chā shuǐ}

a common term in a sports where a player has faked a fall on the ground in order to get the chance of penalty, known as 'diving' in football or 'flop' in basketball

插蘇〔-苏〕 caap³ sou¹ {chā sū}

(noun) electrical plug; electrical socket

插足 caap³ zuk¹ {chā zú}

to participate / to put one's foot into something

插播 caap³ bo³ {chā bō}

1. to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
2. to put a call on hold

插補〔-补〕 caap³ bou² {chā bǔ}

interpolation (mathematics)

插槽 caap³ cou⁴ {chā cáo}

slot

插隊〔-队〕 caap³ deoi² {chā duì}

1. to cut in line
2. to jump a queue
3. to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)

插花 caap³ faa¹ {chā huā}

1. flower arranging
2. ikebana

插件 caap³ gin² {chā jiàn}

plug-in (software component)

插腳〔-脚〕 caap³ goek³ {chā jiǎo}

1. to shove in
2. to edge in
3. fig. to poke one's nose into people's business
4. prong

插口 caap³ hau² {chā kǒu}

socket (for electric plug)

插孔 caap³ hung² {chā kǒng}

1. jack
2. socket

插入 caap³ jap⁶ {chā rù}

1. to insert
2. to stick
3. to thrust

插腰 caap³ jiu¹ {chā yāo}

to put one's hands on one's hips

插秧 caap³ joeng¹ {chā yāng}

transplant rice seedlings

插曲 caap³ kuk¹ {chā qǔ}

1. music played during a movie, play etc
2. incidental music
3. music played in a theatrical interlude
4. (fig.) incident
5. episode

插手 caap³ sau² {chā shǒu}

1. to get involved in
2. to meddle
3. interference

插銷〔-销〕 caap³ siu¹ {chā xiāo}

1. bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc)
2. (electrical) plug

插鎖〔-锁〕 caap³ so² {chā suǒ}

mortise lock

插上 caap³ soeng⁵ {chā shang}

1. to plug into
2. to insert
3. to stick in

插頭〔-头〕 caap³ tau⁴ {chā tóu}

plug

插圖〔-图〕 caap³ tou⁴ {chā tú}

illustration

插畫〔-画〕 caap³ waa² {chā huà}

illustration

插話〔-话〕 caap³ waa⁶ {chā huà}

1. to insert a minor item in a bigger work
2. to interrupt (sb speaking)
3. to interpose

插嘴 caap³ zeoi² {chā zuǐ}

1. to interrupt (sb talking)
2. to butt in
3. to cut into a conversation

插進〔-进〕 caap³ zeon³ {chā jìn}

1. to insert
2. to stick in
3. to plug in (an electronic device)

插值 caap³ zik⁶ {chā zhí}

interpolation

插座 caap³ zo⁶ {chā zuò}

1. socket
2. outlet

插足 caap³ zuk¹ {chā zú}

1. to squeeze in
2. to step in
3. to take part
4. to step between (two persons in a relationship)

插秧機〔--机〕 caap³ joeng¹ gei¹ {chā yāng jī}

a rice seedling transplanter

插燒仔〔-烧-〕 caap³ siu¹ zai² {chā shāo zǐ}

a bastard child (child of a mistress)

插入語〔--语〕 caap³ jap⁶ jyu⁵ {chā rù yǔ}

interjection

插線板〔-线-〕 caap³ sin³ baan² {chā xiàn bǎn}

1. power strip
2. powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)

插翼難飛〔--难飞〕 caap³ jik⁶ naan⁴ fei¹ {chā yì nán fēi}

cannot escape (slang)

插不上手 caap³ bat¹ soeng⁵ sau² {chā bu shàng shǒu}

to be unable to intervene

插播廣告〔--广-〕 caap³ bo³ gwong² gou³ {chā bō guǎng gào}

1. slot advertisement
2. interstitial ad
3. splash ad

插翅難飛〔--难飞〕 caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹ {chā chì nán fēi}

lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape

插科打諢〔---诨〕 caap³ fo¹ daa² wan⁶ {chā kē dǎ hùn}

1. to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
2. buffoonery

插入因子 caap³ jap⁶ jan¹ zi² {chā rù yīn zǐ}

insertion element