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嬲

Mandarin · pinyin niǎo

to tease
to disturb

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3 · niao3

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nau1 · niu4 · niu5

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

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character · Etymology 1

to make fun of
to pester

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, intransitive) to be angry
(Cantonese, transitive) to be angry at (someone or something)

character · Etymology 3

(Hakka) alternative form of 嫽

character · Etymology 4

(Teochew) strange; bizarre
(Teochew) to play; to have fun

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