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扁
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- 扁
- biǎn · flat; tablet, signboard
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Mandarin tones
3 · bian3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 10 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bin2 · pin1
Cantonese word readings for 扁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- flat and thin (like a pancake)
- to inscribe on the door
- to curl one's lips
- to underestimate; to underrate
- (dialectal) to beat; to give someone a good beating
- (dialectal) to hide in the waist
- original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”)
- a surname
character · Etymology 1
- small; little; narrow
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 偏 (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”)
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