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唵

Mandarin · pinyin ǎn

(interjection) oh!
(dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth
(used in buddhist transliterations) om

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唵: ǎn · used in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds; to eat with the hand

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

am2

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete, rare) to hold in one's mouth
to eat with one's hand

character · Etymology 2

(Buddhism) om, aum

character · Etymology 3

An interjection indicating doubt: um

character · Etymology 3

An interjection indicating response: mhm; uh-huh

character · Etymology 4

(Hokkien, childish) to eat

character · Etymology 5

Used in compounds.

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