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咢
Mandarin · pinyin è
Meanings
- beat a drum
- startle
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Cantonese word readings for 咢. 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.
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- (historical dictionaries only) to argue noisily
- (archaic) to beat the drum with bare hands
- (obsolete) to sing, chant a cappella
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 愕, used in 咢然 (“startled”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 鍔 /锷 (“edge of a blade”)
- edge or ridge of a roof
- used in 咢咢 (“lofty; outspoken”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 諤 /谔, used in 蹇咢 (“forthright”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 噩, used in 作咢 (“Year of the Rooster”) and 咢酉 (“Year of the Rooster”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 遌, used in 咢布 (“to encounter and scatter”)
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