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抏
Mandarin · pinyin wán
Meanings
- to consume
- to exhaust
- to play
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2 · wan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyun4 · waan4 · wun6
Cantonese word readings for 抏. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use up; to consume; to waste
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to massage
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 刓 (wán, “to round edges by trimming”)
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