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提神
Mandarin · pinyin tí shén
Meanings
- to freshen up
- to be cautious or vigilant
- to watch out
- stimulant to enhance mental performance
- stay-awake drug
- agrypnotic
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2–2 · ti2 shen2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tai4 san4
Cantonese word readings for 提神. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to refresh oneself; to perk oneself up
- to be cautious; to be vigilant; to watch out
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