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妥

Mandarin · pinyin tuǒ

suitable
adequate
ready
settled

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妥: tuǒ · satisfactory, appropriate

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3 · tuo3

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to2 · to5

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

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appropriate; suitable; proper
finished; settled; ready
(archaic) to sit still; to sit peacefully
(literary) secure; stable; smooth
(literary) to drop; to fall; to hang down
(Cantonese, transitive, chiefly in the negative) to welcome; to like
(Cantonese, intransitive, chiefly in the negative) to be without issue; to not have problems

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