巡 is also the simplified spelling of 廵.
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巡
Mandarin · pinyin xún
Meanings
- to patrol
- to make one's rounds
- classifier for rounds of drinks
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- 巡
- xún · patrol, go on circuit, cruise
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Mandarin tones
2 · xun2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 巡. 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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- to patrol; to go on circuit; to cruise
- Classifier for rounds of drinks during a banquet.
- (Hokkien) mark; line; stripe
- (Hokkien) Classifier for lines.
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to take turns in sequence
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to retrace; to redraw (lines, etc.)
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for a numeral corresponding to the result of a dice roll to designate a particular player that starts taking tiles, counting positions to the right of the dice-roller by the same numeral.
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