百足

Mandarin · pinyin bǎi zú

Meanings

  1. centipede
  2. millipede
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百
bǎi · one hundred; numerous, many
足
zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156
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3–2 · bai3 zu2

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baak3 zuk1

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noun

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka) centipede (Classifier: 條/条 c)
  2. (literary) millipede; diplopod

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