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咥

Mandarin · pinyin dié#

Meanings · dié

  1. gnaw
  2. bite
Mandarin · pinyin xì#

Meanings · xì

  1. loud laugh
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咥
xì · sound of a cat; bite; laugh
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2 · die2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dit6 · hei3

Cantonese word readings for 咥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. (obsolete, now dialectal) to bite; to eat

character

  1. (onomatopoeia) manner of ridicule

character

  1. only used in 咥咥

character

  1. only used in 蛇咥

character

  1. to stop

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