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末
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- 末
- mò · final, last, end; insignificant
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5 · me5
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mo1 · mut6
Cantonese word readings for 末. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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character · Etymology 1
- tip; treetop
- (by extension) effect; result
- late or the last stage; conclusion; close
- final; the last; concluding; closing; terminal
- insignificant; trivial; inferior; low-priority; low-class
- powder; fine particulate matter
- (literary, dated) not; none; no (negative indicator)
- mo (a category of male roles in traditional Chinese theatre and opera)
character · Etymology 2
- Same as 麼／么 (me).
character · Etymology 2
- (Northern, Wu) Used to mark a conditional subordinate clause.
- (Northern, Wu) Used to mark the topic in a topic-comment construction.
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