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固定

Mandarin · pinyin gù dìng

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固: gù · to become solid, solidify; strength
定: dìng · decide, settle, fix

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4–4 · gu4 ding4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gu3 ding6

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

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adj

fixed; regular; definite; consistent; uniform (not able to change or vary)

verb

to make consistent; to make uniform; to regularize; to fix; to stabilize; to normalize
(biology) to fix; to stabilize; to normalize

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