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作興

简作兴 · 繁作興

Mandarin · pinyin zuò xīng

maybe
possibly
there is reason to believe

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作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
興: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
兴: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish

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4–1 · zuo4 xing1

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adj

(Northern Min) popular; fashionable

verb

(Jianghuai Mandarin, Northern Wu, often negative or interrogative) should; ought to; to be appropriate according to morality or common sense

adv

(Northern Wu) possibly; maybe; perhaps
(Ningbonese) in case; if by chance

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