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懸

简悬 · 繁懸

Mandarin · pinyin xuán

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悬: xuán · hang, suspend, hoist; be hung

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2 · xuan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 懸. 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.

character

to hang; to suspend
(Eastern Min) to droop; to hang down
to raise
to feel anxious
(literary, or in compounds) to announce
(literary, or in compounds) to imagine; to suppose
to be unsettled; to be unresolved
(colloquial) dangerous
far apart
a surname

character

(Min) tall; high
(Southern Min) of high level; above average
(Hokkien) height
(Puxian Min) to hang down

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