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桂
Mandarin · pinyin guì#
Meanings · guì
- cassia
- laurel
Mandarin · pinyin Guì#
Meanings · Guì
- surname Gui
- abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區 Guǎng xī Zhuàng zú Zì zhì qū
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- 桂
- guì · cassia or cinnamon
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4 · gui4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwai3
Cantonese word readings for 桂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- osmanthus; sweet osmanthus
- cassia; Chinese cinnamon
- true cinnamon; Saigon cinnamon; Indonesian cinnamon
- laurel; bay laurel
- of or relating to Guilin, Guangxi, or the region of the Gui River
- a surname
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