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喃

Mandarin · pinyin nán

mumble in repetition

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喃: nán · keep talking, chattering; mumble

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2 · nan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naam4

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

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character · Etymology 1

(onomatopoeia) used in 喃喃 (nánnán)
(onomatopoeia) used in 呢喃 (nínán)

character · Etymology 2

only used in 噆喃

character · Etymology 3

(Southwestern Mandarin) Interrogative particle, equivalent to 呢 (ne) in Standard Chinese.

character · Etymology 4

(of or relating to) chữ Nôm

character · Etymology 5

Used in transcription.

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