Are the wiktionary definitions for 切 qiè correct?

Question

Definitions 2 through 11 for pronunciation qiè are missing in the 11 dicitionaries I compare from qtranslate. Would they be recognizable in mainland chinese?

• to be close to

• to bite tightly;

• to clench
• to correspond to;
• to match (traditional Chinese medicine) to feel the pulse
• eager;
• ardent
• urgent;
• pressing
• all;
• entire
• must;
• by all means
• main point
• (phonetics) Short for 反切 (fǎnqiè, “fanqie”).
• (chiefly women's speech, colloquial) An interjection conveying a slight sense of disdain or dissatisfaction.

Answer 1

From CantoDict Dictionary:

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/793/

(jyutping) cit3, (pinyin) qie1

[1] cut; slice; chop; mince; carve

[2] (indicates that the previous two characters are 反切 notation)

[3] [math] tangent

(jyutping) cit3, (pinyin) qie4

[1] correspond to; conform to; accord with

[2] close to; near to

[3] eager; anxious; keen

[4] be sure to; must

(jyutping) cai3, (pinyin) qie4

[1a ]all; whole

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From the question:

to be close to

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [2]) close to

to bite tightly

only work in idiom 咬牙切齒, which literally means 'bite and cut with teeth, therefore, 切 itself doesn't contain the meaning of 'bite' only contains the meaning of 'cut' here

to clench

切 doesn't have the meaning of to 'clench' . The editor might have confused by the expression '切齒', which literally means 'cut with teeth' and this action results in you shut your jaws tight, thus extend to the meaning of 'clenching jaws'

to correspond to

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [1] correspond to)

to match (traditional Chinese medicine) to feel the pulse

to feel the pulse is 搭脈; 切脈 means 'hack the blood vein' which is a martial art term, the editor made a mistake again

eager

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [3] eager)

ardent

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [3] keen)

urgent

only work in compound word '急切' which means ' urgently close'. '切' in '急切' doesn't mean urgent, it means 'close' or 'near'; only '急' in '急切' means urgent

pressing

only work in compound word '逼切' which means 'pressingly close'. '切' in '逼切' doesn't mean 'pressing', it means 'close' or 'near'; only '逼' in '逼切' means 'pressing'

all

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [1a])but it only work in compound word '一切', '切' itself doesn't mean 'all' - Even the CantoDict dictionary made the same mistake

entire

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [1a])- 'all' extended to mean 'entire'

must

(Match pinyin /qie4/ [4] must)

by all means

the editor was confused by the expression '不顧一切' which literally means '不顧'(not care), 一切 (all); Only the idiom '不顧一切' means 'by all means', '切' doesn't

main point

'main point' in Chinese is '要點', the editor might have confused by a common phrase '切中要點' which literally means '切中'(cut correctly into) 要點(the main point).

(phonetics) Short for 反切 (fǎnqiè, “fanqie”).

(Match (pinyin) qie1 [2])

(chiefly women's speech, colloquial) An interjection conveying a slight sense of disdain or dissatisfaction.

'啐' sounded like '切'. It is a phonetic loan word for an exclamation that express disdain or dissatisfaction