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滇

Mandarin · pinyin Diān

short name for Yunnan 雲南 Yún nán

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滇: diān · Yunnan province

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1 · Dian1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

din1 · tin4

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

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character · Etymology 1

(～池) Lake Dian (lake near Kunming, Yunnan, China)
(～國) (historical) Dian Kingdom
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 雲南／云南 (Yúnnán)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 滇滇 and 滇㴐

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a river in Henan

character · Etymology 4

(Min) full
(Southern Min, of water) to rise

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