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偶

Mandarin · pinyin ǒu

accidental
image
pair
mate

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偶: ǒu · accidentally, coincidently; an idol

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3 · ou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngau5

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character · Etymology 1

figure; statue; idol
couple; pair
(mathematics) even

character · Etymology 2

accidentally, coincidentally, by accident, by chance, occasionally

character · Etymology 3

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to stand side by side
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for pairs of horseshoe crabs.

character · Etymology 4

(slang, cute-sounding) pronunciation spelling of 我

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