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渝
Mandarin · pinyin yú#
Meanings · yú
- (literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝 bù yú)
Mandarin · pinyin Yú#
Meanings · Yú
- short name for Chongqing 重慶 Chóng qìng
- old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江 Jiā líng Jiāng in Sichuan
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- 渝
- yú · change; chongqing
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2 · yu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 渝. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to change
- to go against; to be contrary to
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to overflow
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take off; to remove
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 重慶／重庆 (Chóngqìng, “Chongqing”)
- a surname
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