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網

简网 · 繁網

Mandarin · pinyin wǎng

net; web
network
to net; to catch with a net

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网: wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122

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3 · wang3

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mong5

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net; web
network
the Internet; the Web
internet connection
(Cantonese) website (Classifier: 個／个 c)
to net; to catch with a net
to cover; to enclose; to net
(Mainland China Hokkien) to meticulously patch (a sewing technique)
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to steal; to snatch
(Chengdu Sichuanese) fishing net

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(Quanzhou Hokkien) to catch someone; to arrest
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to steal; to snatch

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