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制

Mandarin · pinyin zhì

system
to control
to regulate
variant of 製 zhì

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制: zhì · system; establish; overpower

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zai3

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character · Etymology 1

to plan; to regulate
to restrict; to limit; to control
to rule; to decide; to overpower
system; law; rules
(historical) edict of ancient Chinese rulers
(historical) mourning rite on behalf of parents' deaths in ancient China
(Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) to consent to; to agree to

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