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嘟

Mandarin · pinyin dū

(onom.) toot; honk; beep (sound of a horn etc)
(coll.) to pout

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嘟: dū · sound of horn tooting

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1 · du1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dou1 · dyut1

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

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character · Etymology 1

only used in 嘟囔 (dūnang)

character · Etymology 2

(regional, colloquial) to pout; to pucker up

character · Etymology 3

(of a car) to honk; to beep
(Cantonese, onomatopoeia) beep sound
(Cantonese, euphemistic) bleep (as a replacement for sensitive words, such as profanity or brand names)
(Cantonese) to tap a card; to swipe a card
(Cantonese, computing) to scan

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