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索
Mandarin · pinyin suǒ#
Meanings · suǒ
- to search
- to demand
- to ask
- to exact
- large rope
- isolated
Mandarin · pinyin Suǒ#
Meanings · Suǒ
- surname Suo
- abbr. for 索馬里 Suǒ mǎ lǐ, Somalia
Characters in this entry
- 索
- suǒ · large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
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Mandarin tones
3 · suo3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
saak3 · sok3 · suk3
Cantonese word readings for 索. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- rope; cable
- (Teochew) to climb; to clamber
- (mahjong, regional) bamboo tile
character · Etymology 2
- to search; to look for; to inquire into
- to request; to demand
- (literary) alone; solitary
- (literary) uninteresting; dull; insipid
character · Etymology 3
- a surname
character · Etymology 4
- (Cantonese) to absorb
- (Cantonese) to sniff; to smell
character · Etymology 5
- (Cantonese, of a female) beautiful; pretty; hot; sexually attractive
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