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作出
Mandarin · pinyin zuò chū
Meanings
- to put out
- to come up with
- to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
- to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
- to draw (conclusion)
- to deliver (speech, judgment)
- to devise (explanation)
- to extract
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4–1 · zuo4 chu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zok3 ceot1
Cantonese word readings for 作出. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to put out
- to come up with
- to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc.)
- to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc.)
- to draw (a conclusion)
- to deliver (a speech, judgment, etc.)
- to devise (an explanation)
- to extract
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