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圩
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- 圩
- wéi · dike, embankment
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Mandarin tones
2 · wei2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
heoi1 · jyu4 · wai4
Cantonese word readings for 圩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (especially in southern China) dike; embankment
- stockade surrounding a village; or the village surrounded, i.e. enclosure
character · Etymology 2
- sunken, concave
character · Etymology 3
- (Mainland China) alternative form of 墟 (xū, “fair; market”)
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