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佗
Mandarin · pinyin tuó
Meanings
- carry on the back
Characters in this entry
- 佗
- tuó · other, he; surname; a load
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Mandarin tones
2 · tuo2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 10 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
taa1 · to1 · to4
Cantonese word readings for 佗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 馱／驮 (tuó, “to carry on one's back”)
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, obsolete) obsolete form of 他
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 它
- a surname
character · Etymology 3
- (Hokkien) which
character · Etymology 3
- (Hokkien) where
character · Etymology 4
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) contraction of 佗位 (tó-ūi, “where”)
character · Etymology 5
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to add; to impute
character · Etymology 6
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 馱 /驮 (“load carried on the back of an animal”)
character · Etymology 7
- (alt-of, alternative) only used in 委佗, alternative form of 委蛇 (wēiyí)
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