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纚

Mandarin · pinyin lí#

(literary) to bind
to fasten
rope

Mandarin · pinyin xǐ#

silk headband
Taiwan pr. shǐ

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2 · li2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lei4 · saai2 · si2

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

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character · Etymology 1

(historical) silk hair ribbon
Used in compounds.

character · Etymology 2

(archaic) rope; cord
(archaic) to tie up; to bind

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete) net

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) continuous; connected

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