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池
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- 池
- chí · pool, pond; moat; cistern
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Mandarin tones
2 · chi2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ci4 · to4
Cantonese word readings for 池. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- pool; pond
- moat
- cistern
- (computing) pool
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- only used in 虖池／呼池 (“Hutuo River”)
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