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取

Mandarin · pinyin qǔ

to take
to get
to choose
to fetch

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取: qǔ · take, receive, obtain; select

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3 · qu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi2 · cou2

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character · Etymology 1

to take; to fetch
to receive (money, goods, documents, etc.)
to get; to obtain
to select; to choose
a surname

character · Etymology 2

original form of 娶 (qǔ, “to marry”)

character · Etymology 3

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to redeem (from mortgage, pawn, etc.)

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