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句
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- 句
- jù · sentence
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Mandarin tones
1 · gou1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gau1 · geoi3 · ngau1
Cantonese word readings for 句. 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.
character
- sentence; phrase
- Classifier for sentences.
- (Cantonese; formal in Hong Kong) Classifier for hours.
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend; to curve
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鉤 /钩 (gōu, “hook”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be polite and modest
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arrest; to capture
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to examine
- (historical geometry) alternative form of 勾 (“the shorter leg of a right triangle”)
- a surname
character
- used in 句當／句当, alternative form of 勾當 /勾当
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
- a surname
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)
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