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厾
Mandarin · pinyin dū
Meanings
- to tap lightly
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- 厾
- dū · lightly tap; through away; drop; sentence final particle
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1 · du1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
duk1
Cantonese word readings for 厾. 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.
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- to touch lightly (with a finger, writing brush, stick, etc.)
- (dialectal) to poke; to prod; to jab; to pierce
- (dialectal) to throw away
- (dialectal) Sentence-final particle.
- (Hokkien) to nod; to lower slightly downward (of one's head as a greeting)
- (Hokkien) to droop (one's head)
- (Hokkien) to nod off; to doze off
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to tap; to touch
- (Mainland China Hokkien) slow and clumsy
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