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上款
Mandarin · pinyin shàng kuǎn
Meanings
- addressee
- name of recipient on painting or scroll
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4–3 · shang4 kuan3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
soeng6 fun2
Cantonese word readings for 上款. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- address of the recipient, including his given name; and position, etc. of a painting or calligraphic work
- salutation; greeting (letter opening that contains the recipient's name and position)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 上, 款 (kuǎn).
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