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叢

简丛 · 繁叢

Mandarin · pinyin cóng

cluster
collection
collection of books
thicket

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丛: cóng · bush, shrub; thicket; collection

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cung4

Cantonese word readings for 叢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to collect; to gather; to assemble; to crowd together
bush; shrub; thicket; grove
collection; crowd
(Northern Min, Southern Min) Classifier for plants.
(Hokkien) Classifier for long objects.
a surname

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