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編輯

简编辑 · 繁編輯

Mandarin · pinyin biān jí

to edit
to compile
editor
compiler

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编: biān · knit, weave; arrange; compile
辑: jí · gather up, collect; edit, compile

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1–2 · bian1 ji2

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pin1 cap1

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

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noun

editor (one who edits); compiler (Classifier: 名 m)
editor (one who edits); compiler (Classifier: 名 m) — (specifically) editor (person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)

verb

to edit (books, documents, etc.); to compile (software)

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