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兜

Mandarin · pinyin dōu

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兜: dōu · pouch

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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character · Etymology 1

helmet; hood
helmet-shaped
armor
to wrap in a bag; to encase; to carry in a wrap
bag; pouch; plastic bag
pocket
to pocket; to keep; to retain; to acquire dishonestly
to reach
to move around; to move in a circle
to canvass; to solicit
to take responsibility for
to relate in detail
to peddle; to hawk
(Hokkien) home
(Hokkien) nearby
(Singapore Hokkien) place; side; location
(Cantonese) flat or shallow container; flat or shallow bowl
(Cantonese) to contain; to hold in a container; to hold with one's hand(s) in a horizontal positional
(Cantonese) to make a detour; to bypass; to deviate
(Cantonese, of routes or journeys) indirect; lengthy; with detours or deviations
(Cantonese) to explain one's way out of a bad situation
(Cantonese) Classifier for things put in a flat or shallow container.
(Cantonese) to scoop with a flat or shallow container
(Cantonese) to hit with one's limbs, in a curved trajectory; to slap (someone); to kick
(Cantonese) to fire someone; to dismiss

character · Etymology 2

(Hakka) some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)
(Hakka) Plural marker for pronouns.

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