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漆

Mandarin · pinyin qī

Meanings

  1. paint
  2. lacquer
  3. Classifier: 道 dào
  4. to paint (furniture, walls etc)
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漆
qī · varnish, lacquer, paint
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1 · qi1

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cat1 · cit3

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. lacquer tree; varnish tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  2. paint; lacquer; varnish
  3. to paint; to varnish
  4. (literary) black; dark
  5. Name of several rivers.
  6. a surname

character · Etymology 2

  1. only used in 漆漆

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