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籌

简筹 · 繁籌

Mandarin · pinyin chóu

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket
to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)
resource; way; means

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籌: Look up this written character
筹: chóu · chip, tally, token; raise money

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2 · chou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cau4

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

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chip; tally; token
plan; stratagem; means
to plan; to prepare
to raise (money, funds, etc.)
(archaic) Classifier for persons.
(Cantonese) ticket for a queue

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