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坌
Mandarin · pinyin bèn
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- 坌
- bèn · dust, earth; a bank of earth; to dig; to bring together
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4 · ben4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ban6
Cantonese word readings for 坌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dust; earth
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (of dust) to fly up or settle on something else
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to assemble; to gather
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gush
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) together
- (dialectal) to dig (carrots, etc.); to turn over (soil)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “dull; clumsy”)
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