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揆
Mandarin · pinyin kuí
Meanings
- consider
- estimate
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- 揆
- kuí · prime minister; to guess, estimate
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Mandarin tones
2 · kui2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kwai4 · kwai5
Cantonese word readings for 揆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) guess; to conjecture; to surmise; to reckon
- (dated or formal) leader of the government
- (dated or formal) leader of the government — (Hong Kong, Taiwan, formal) prime minister
- (dated or formal) leader of the government — (Taiwan, formal) president of the Executive Yuan; premier of the Republic of China
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- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 劌 /刿 (“to rub against; classifier for a segment or section of something that is long”)
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