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尤

Mandarin · pinyin yóu#

outstanding
particularly, especially
a fault
to express discontentment against

Mandarin · pinyin Yóu#

surname You

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尤: yóu · especially, particularly

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2 · you2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jau4

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fault; flaw
to fault; to blame
(literary) strange; special; outstanding
(literary) especially; particularly; even more
a surname

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