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形單影隻

简 形单影只 · 繁 形單影隻
Mandarin · pinyin xíng dān yǐng zhī

Meanings

  1. (idiom) lonely soul; solitary
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Characters in this entry

形
xíng · form, shape, appearance
單
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影
yǐng · shadow; image, reflection; photograph
隻
zhī · single, one of pair, lone; measure word
单
dān · single, individual, only; lone
只
zhǐ · only, just, simply
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Mandarin tones

2–1–3–1 · xing2 dan1 ying3 zhi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing4 daan1 jing2 zek3

Cantonese word readings for 形單影隻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jing4 daan1 jing2 zek3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) lonely

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