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Mandarin · pinyin wéi

to encircle
to surround
all around
to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

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围: wéi · surround, encircle, corral

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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to surround; to encircle; to corral
all sides
girth
(often in Guangdong and Hong Kong place names) walled village (Classifier: 條／条 c)
(Cantonese) Classifier for number of tables at a restaurant or a feast. (usually twelve people per table)
(Cantonese) to tally; to calculate (an amount)
(medicine) peri-

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