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損

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Mandarin · pinyin sǔn

(bound form) to decrease; to diminish
(bound form) to harm; to damage
(coll.) to ridicule; to deride
(coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic

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损: sǔn · diminish; impair; injure

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3 · sun3

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

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to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to diminish
to harm; to cause destruction to; to damage
to lose; to forfeit
loss; decrease; reduction
(colloquial) to make sarcastic remarks; to act meanly; to mock
(colloquial, chiefly of remarks) acrimonious; caustic; biting; mean (especially Min Nan)
(Cantonese) to be injured, in the form of an abrasion

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