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窳
Mandarin · pinyin yǔ
Meanings
- bad
- useless
- weak
Characters in this entry
- 窳
- yǔ · dirty, useless, weak, powerless; cracked, a flaw
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Mandarin tones
3 · yu3
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1character link44same-tone records
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyu5
Cantonese word readings for 窳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- hollow; depression in the ground
- corrupt; decayed; deteriorated
- weak; feeble
- shoddy; cheap
- lazy; indolent
- used in 窫窳 (yàyǔ)
character
- a place in modern Jiang County, Shanxi
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