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付

Mandarin · pinyin fù#

to pay
to hand over to
classifier for pairs or sets of things

Mandarin · pinyin Fù#

surname Fu

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付: fù · give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust

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4 · fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu6

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character · Etymology 1

to give; to deliver; to hand over
(transitive) to pay
to entrust
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 副 (“a pair; a set; a classifier for facial expressions”)
a surname

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