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注釋

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Mandarin · pinyin zhù shì

to annotate; to add a comment
explanatory note; annotation

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注: zhù · concentrate, focus, direct
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释: shì · interpret, elucidate; release

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4–4 · zhu4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyu3 sik1

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

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verb

to annotate; to comment

noun

annotation; comment
(programming) comment (remark embedded in source code)
(genetics) annotation (information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases)

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