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侗
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- 侗
- dòng · big; ignorant; rude, rustic
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2 · tong2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dung6 · tung2 · tung4
Cantonese word readings for 侗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 僮 (tóng, “boy; young child”); someone childish or ignorant
- (literary) childish; unenlightened; ignorant
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) frivolous; flippant
character · Etymology 2
- big; long and big
- straight; (by extension) unobstructed
character · Etymology 3
- (historical dictionaries only) sincere; honest (Jiyun)
- Dong (an ethnic group in southern China)
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