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據

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Mandarin · pinyin jù

according to
to act in accordance with
to depend on
to seize
to occupy

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据: jù · to occupy, take possession of; a base, position

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4 · ju4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character

to depend on; to rely on
according to; based on
to occupy; to take possession of; to seize
(literary, or in compounds) evidence; base; proof
(literary) to cite; to quote
a surname, Ju

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to catch; to seize

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