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瀝

简沥 · 繁瀝

Mandarin · pinyin lì

to drip
to strain or filter
a trickle

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沥: lì · trickle, drip; strain; dregs

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4 · li4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lek6 · lik1 · lik6

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

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to drip; to trickle
drop; drip
sediment of wine; dregs

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used in 瀝源／沥源 (“Lek Yuen, Hong Kong”)

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used in 大瀝／大沥 (Dàlì, “Dali, Guangdong”)

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