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否
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- 否
- fǒu · not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
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3 · fou3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fau2 · pei2 · pei5
Cantonese word readings for 否. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- nay; no; negative
- not
- final interrogative particle
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to block; to obstruct
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to denounce; to censure
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to become extinct
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) poverty-stricken; poor
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) evil; vile
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鄙 (bǐ, “superficial; shallow”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 痞 (pǐ, “lump in the abdomen”)
- 12th hexagram of the I Ching
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