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獻上

简献上 · 繁獻上

Mandarin · pinyin xiàn shàng

to offer (respectfully); to present

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
献: xiàn · offer, present; show, display

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4–4 · xian4 shang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hin3 soeng5

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

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verb

(literary) to present; to offer; to donate respectfully

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