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柏

Mandarin · pinyin bǎi#

cedar
cypress
Taiwan pr. bó

Mandarin · pinyin bó#

(used for transcribing names)

Mandarin · pinyin bò#

used in 黃柏 huáng bò
Taiwan pr. bó

Mandarin · pinyin Bǎi#

surname Bai
Taiwan pr. Bó

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柏: bǎi · bó · cypress, cedar

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3 · bai3

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baak3 · paak3

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

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character

cypress
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 伯
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 迫
(～國) Bai, Bo (an ancient state in modern Henan)
(～市) Kashiwa City, a city in Japan
a surname

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 檗, used in 黃柏／黄柏 (huángbò)

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