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娩

Mandarin · pinyin miǎn#

to give birth to a child

Mandarin · pinyin wǎn#

complaisant
agreeable

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娩: miǎn · give birth child; complaisant

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3 · mian3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan3 · maan5 · min5

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to give birth to a child

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(literary) beautiful; delicate; fine
(literary) complaisant; agreeable

character

A surname.
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 萬 /万 (wàn)

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(alt. form 嬎) to reproduce

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Used in female personal names.

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