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熏

Mandarin · pinyin xūn

to smoke
to fumigate
to assail the nostrils
to perfume

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熏: xūn · smoke, fog, vapor; smoke, cure

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fan1 · fan3

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character · Etymology 1

(alt. form 燻, 薰) to expose to smoke or fumes; to fumigate
(alt. form 燻, 薰) to treat with smoke (meat, fish, etc.)
(alt. form 窨, 薰) to make fragrant with incense, etc.
(alt. form 薰) (literary) warm; mild

character · Etymology 2

(colloquial) to be poisoned or suffocated by coal gas
notorious; widely discredited

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