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冥鈔
简 冥钞 · 繁 冥鈔Mandarin · pinyin míng chāo
Meanings
- false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
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2–1 · ming2 chao1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ming4 caau1
Cantonese word readings for 冥鈔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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ming5 caau1
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- paper made to resemble banknotes and burned for the dead; hell money
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