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熄
Mandarin · pinyin xī
Meanings
- to extinguish
- to put out (fire)
- to quench
- to stop burning
- to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
- to come to an end
- to wither away
- to die out
- Taiwan pr. xí
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- 熄
- xī · put out, extinguish, quash
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Mandarin tones
1 · xi1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sik1
Cantonese word readings for 熄. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- to extinguish (light or fire); to go out
- (Cantonese) to turn off; to switch off
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