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玉
Mandarin · pinyin yù
Meanings
- jade
Characters in this entry
- 玉
- yù · jade, precious stone, gem
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Mandarin tones
4 · yu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
juk6
Cantonese word readings for 玉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)
- pure; beautiful
- (honorific) your
- (Cantonese, borrowing) alternative form of 肉
- (Cantonese, borrowing) alternative form of 肉 — used in 玉冰燒
- a surname, Yu
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