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傒
Mandarin · pinyin xī
Meanings
- (old) native of Jiangxi 江西 Jiāng xī
- to wait
- servant
- path
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- 傒
- xī · personal name; servant
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Mandarin tones
1 · xi1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 8 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hai4 · hai6
Cantonese word readings for 傒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (historical) an ancient ethnic group in China
- (obsolete) people from Jiangxi
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徯 (“to wait”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蹊 (xī, “footpath”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 奚 (xī)
- a surname
- 18th tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌗)
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 繫 /系 (xì, “to arrest; to imprison”)
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