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吾
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- 吾
- wú · i, my, our; resist, impede
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Mandarin tones
2 · wu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyu4 · ng4 · ngaa4
Cantonese word readings for 吾. 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 · Etymology 1
- (literary or dialectal) I
- (literary or Hakka) my
- a surname, Wu
character · Etymology 2
- Used for onomatopoeia.
- Used in transcription.
- (obsolete) a kind of baton
character · Etymology 3
- only used in 允吾 (Yányá; Qiānyá) A county established during the Western Han, disestablished during the Northern Wei, and briefly reestablished during the Sui dynasty
character · Etymology 4
- used in 吾吾
- used in 吾丘
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