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翁

Mandarin · pinyin wēng#

elderly man
father
father-in-law
neck feathers of a bird (old)

Mandarin · pinyin Wēng#

surname Weng

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翁: wēng · old man; father, father-in-law

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character · Etymology 1

elderly man
(literary, or in compounds) father
(literary, or in compounds) father of one's husband or wife
(Southern Min, Puxian Min) husband
(obsolete) the feathers of a bird's neck
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to contract muscles on one's face, usually causing folds to appear

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete) used in 翁翁

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