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授

Mandarin · pinyin shòu

(bound form) to confer; to give
(bound form) to teach; to instruct
(literary) to appoint

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授: shòu · give to, transmit; confer

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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to give to; to transmit
to confer; to award
to teach; to instruct

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