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定當

简定当 · 繁定當

Mandarin · pinyin dìng dāng#

necessarily

Mandarin · pinyin dìng dàng#

settled
ready
finished

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定: dìng · decide, settle, fix
當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just

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4–1 · ding4 dang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ding6 dong3

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

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adv

necessarily; must

adj

appropriate; proper

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