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居

Mandarin · pinyin jī#

(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

Mandarin · pinyin jū#

(literary) to reside; to live
(bound form) to occupy (a position)
(literary) to store up
(literary) to remain; to stay
(bound form) residence; dwelling
(bound form) used in names of restaurants

Mandarin · pinyin Jū#

surname Ju

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居: jū · live, dwell, reside, sit

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1 · ji1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gei1 · geoi1

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

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to live; to dwell; to reside
to occupy (a place or position); to be located at; to rank
to stay put; to sit down
to store up; to stockpile
to claim
house; residence; dwelling
restaurant
39th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "residence" (𝌬)
a surname

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A modal particle.

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 倨 (jù, “haughty”)

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