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動
简 动 · 繁 動Mandarin · pinyin dòng
Meanings
- (of sth) to move
- to set in movement
- to displace
- to touch
- to make use of
- to stir (emotions)
- to alter
- abbr. for 動詞 dòng cí, verb
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4 · dong4
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dung6
Cantonese word readings for 動. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- (transitive or intransitive) to move
- to act
- to alter; to change the state of
- to use
- to move; to touch (emotionally)
- (dialectal, chiefly in the negative) to eat; to drink
- (literary) easily; almost always
- (grammar) short for 動詞／动词 (dòngcí, “verb”)
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