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扛

Mandarin · pinyin gāng#

to raise aloft with both hands
(of two or more people) to carry sth together

Mandarin · pinyin káng#

to carry on one's shoulder
(fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)

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扛: káng · carry on shoulders; lift

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1 · gang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gong1 · kong1

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

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character

to lift using both hands
to lift by at least two people
(Northern Wu) to carry

character

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
to contradict

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