疐

Mandarin · pinyin zhì

Meanings

  1. prostrate
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疐
zhì · fall, stumble, falter; hindered
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4 · zhi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dai3 · zi3

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character

  1. (literary) to encounter obstacles
  2. (literary) to fall down; to tumble

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蒂 (dì, “stem of a fruit; to remove the stem of a fruit”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 嚏 (tì, “to sneeze”)

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