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咄

Mandarin · pinyin duō

(old)(interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!
Taiwan pr. duò

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咄: duō · noise of rage, cry out in anger

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cyut3 · deot1 · dyut1 · zyut3

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, onomatopoeia) a loud voice, especially in an angry way; tut-tut.
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to berate

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(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to speak not in a fluent manner

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