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畜
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- 畜
- chù · livestock, domestic animals
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Mandarin tones
4 · chu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cuk1
Cantonese word readings for 畜. 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.
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- to nourish; to raise; to rear
- to bring up; to nurture; to foster; to cultivate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to submit; to obey; to comply
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tolerate; to allow
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to keep; to house; to collect
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蓄 (xù, “to store up; to accumulate”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 慉 (“to like”)
- (dialectal, of a smell) to irritate one's respiratory organs
- a surname
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- livestock; domesticated animal; farm animal
- creature; beast
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