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異常

简异常 · 繁異常

Mandarin · pinyin yì cháng

unusual; abnormal
extremely; exceptionally

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異: Look up this written character
常: cháng · common, normal, frequent, regular
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4–2 · yi4 chang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji6 soeng4

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

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adj

abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; bizarre; out of the ordinary

adv

exceptionally; extremely; particularly; exceedingly

noun

abnormality
(programming) exception

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