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絆
简 绊 · 繁 絆Mandarin · pinyin bàn
Meanings
- to trip
- to stumble
- to hinder
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4 · ban4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bun3 · bun6
Cantonese word readings for 絆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fetter; shackle
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fetter; to shackle
- to trip; to stumble
- to hinder; to restrain
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figuratively) trap
- (Eastern Min) to be annoying
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