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偈

Mandarin · pinyin jì#

Buddhist hymn
gatha
Buddhist verse

Mandarin · pinyin jié#

forceful
martial

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偈: jì · brave; martial; hasty; scudding

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4 · ji4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gai2 · gai6 · git6

Cantonese word readings for 偈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary, obsolete) (of a vehicle) rapid; riding swiftly
(literary, obsolete) brave, valiant

character · Etymology 2

(Buddhism) gatha
(Cantonese) talk; chat; conversation

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) engine (Classifier: 副 c)
(figurative) body; health (Classifier: 副 c)
(figurative) body; figure; build (Classifier: 副 c)

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