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準

简准 · 繁準

Mandarin · pinyin zhǔn

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准: zhǔn · approve, allow, permit; in accord

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3 · zhun3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeon2 · zyut3

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

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) water-level; flat; level
(historical) water level (measuring instrument)
standard; criterion; norm
accurate; exact
certainly; surely
quasi-; pene-; para-

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