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局

Mandarin · pinyin jú

office
situation
classifier for games: match, set, round etc

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局: jú · bureau, office; circumstance

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bent; crooked
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend
to restrict; to limit
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to force; to coerce
narrow; restricted
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) near; close
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) breadth of mind; tolerance
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) neighbour
part; component; local
arrangement; distribution; structure; organisation
(administration) office; bureau; board; administration
(administration) the fifth and the sixth administrative levels
(ancient written vernacular Chinese) shop or store for a certain speciffic business
trap; trick; gamble try; a complex, confusing event or situation
feast; banquet; gathering
chessboard
Classifier for instances of boardgames and ballgames: game ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
(Mainland China Hokkien) without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) interest; fun (said with 有 (ū) and 無 (bô))
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) worth; profit; relative benefit (said with 有 (ū) and 無 (bô))
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) narrow; cramped
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be limited; to be confined
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to force; to compel
(tennis score) game
(civil aviation, slang) Civil Aviation Administration of China

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