personal seal; name stamp
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
personal seal; hand stamp engraved with one's name
informalColloquial term for a personal name seal, often small and kept in one's hand or pocket. Often takes the -r suffix (手戳儿) in spoken Northern Chinese.
Tā他
ná拿
chū出
shǒu手
chuō戳
zài在
hé合
tong同
shàng上
gài盖
le了
yī一
xià下
。
He took out his personal seal and stamped it on the contract.
Zhè这
shì是
wǒ我
de的
shǒu手
chuōr戳
nǐ儿
，
ná你
zhe拿
bàn着
shì办
fāng事
biàn方
便
。
This is my personal seal; keep it with you to make handling matters easier.
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Guò过
qù去
méi没
yǒu有
qiān签
zì字
de的
xí习
guàn惯
，
dà大
jiā家
dōu都
yòng用
shǒu手
chuō戳
。
In the past, there was no custom of signing; everyone used their personal seals instead.