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捘

Mandarin · pinyin zùn

push

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4 · zun4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeoi3 · zeon3 · zyun3

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

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to push; to jostle; to shove
(literary, Wu) to press; to pinch

character · Etymology 2

(Southern Min) to twist; to rotate; to wring
(Southern Min) to pinch and twist with one's fingers

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