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畀

Mandarin · pinyin bì

to confer on
to give to

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畀: bì · to give

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4 · bi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bei2 · bei3

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

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete or Cantonese) to give
(Cantonese, dated) to use
(Cantonese, dated or uncommon) to add
(Cantonese) to pay
(Cantonese) to pay with
(Cantonese) to allow; to let
(Cantonese) for
(Cantonese) to
(Cantonese) by

character · Etymology 2

(Wu) alternative form of 撥 /拨 (“to give; to allow; for; to; by”)

character · Etymology 3

(Taiwanese Hakka) contraction of 分佢

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