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嘗

简尝 · 繁嘗

Mandarin · pinyin cháng

to taste; to try (food)
to experience
(literary) ever; once

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尝: cháng · taste; experience, experiment

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

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to taste; to try the flavour
to attempt; to try
to experience
(literary) ever; once
(Mainland China Hokkien) to lick
a surname

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