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殘

简残 · 繁殘

Mandarin · pinyin cán

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殘: Look up this written character
残: cán · injure, spoil; oppress; broken

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

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to damage; to destroy
to kill; to injure
severe; cruel; brutal
to fade away; to wither; to erode; to deteriorate
incomplete; fragmentary
remaining; leftover; to be left, to remain
(Southern Min) trace of saliva (on an object)
(Cantonese) old-looking; dilapidated
(Southern Sixian Hakka) naughty; mischievous

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