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援
Mandarin · pinyin yuán
Meanings
- to help
- to assist
- to aid
Characters in this entry
- 援
- yuán · aid, assist; lead; cite
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Mandarin tones
2 · yuan2
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyun4 · jyun6 · wun4
Cantonese word readings for 援. 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) to pull; to tow; to haul
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hold; to grasp
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to aid; to assist; to help
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to quote; to cite
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to recommend (a person)
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