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滯

简 滞 · 繁 滯
Mandarin · pinyin zhì

Meanings

  1. (bound form) sluggish; stagnant
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滯
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滞
zhì · block up, obstruct; stagnant
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. stagnant; sluggish
  2. to hold back; to stay (to hinder); to encumber; to impede
  3. to lag; to be held back; to stagnate
  4. to lag; to be held back; to stagnate — to accumulate; to be unable to circulate; to cease flowing
  5. to lag; to be held back; to stagnate — to be late in payments; to be in arrears; to be overdue
  6. (Cantonese, of the stomach) bloated; uncomfortably full; stuffed

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be stopped up; to be blocked

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