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室
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- 室
- shì · room, home, house, chamber; 13th lunar mansion, determinative star α Pegasi (Markab)
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4 · shi4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 室. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- room (in a building or house); chamber
- room (in a building or house); chamber — (specifically in addresses) apartment number; flat number
- (literary, or in compounds) family; household; clan
- (literary, or in compounds) family member; dependent
- (literary, or in compounds) family member; dependent — (specifically, literary, or in compounds) wife
- (literary, or in compounds) family member; dependent — (specifically, literary, or in compounds) wife — (obsolete) to take a wife
- (literary, or in compounds) organ (part of an organism) shaped like a chamber; body cavity; ventricle
- (literary, or in compounds) work unit; administrative unit
- (literary, or in compounds) court; dynasty
- (literary, or in compounds) home; house
- (literary, or in compounds) office
- (literary, or in compounds) coffin pit; grave
- (literary, or in compounds) scabbard; sheath
- (astronomy) Encampment (a Chinese constellation near Pegasus)
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