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影

Mandarin · pinyin yǐng

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影: yǐng · shadow; image, reflection; photograph

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3 · ying3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jeng2 · jing2

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

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shadow
image
trace (of human presence); presence (of people or things); occurrence (of events)
picture; photograph
(chiefly in compounds) film; movie
(Cantonese) to take (a picture or video)
(Hokkien) shade
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 影 (MC 'jaengX)

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