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桅
Mandarin · pinyin wéi
Meanings
- mast
Characters in this entry
- 桅
- wéi · mast of ship
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Mandarin tones
2 · wei2
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1character link47same-tone records
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ngai4 · wai4
Cantonese word readings for 桅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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wai4
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- mast (of a ship)
- (suburban Nanjing Mandarin) sail
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short spear
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