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腔

Mandarin · pinyin qiāng

(bound form) cavity
(bound form) speech; talk
tune
accent (in one's speech)
(old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock

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腔: qiāng · chest cavity; hollow in body

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hong1

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character · Etymology 1

(literary, or in compounds) cavity; hollow in body
(chiefly Chinese opera) tune; melody
(linguistics) accent of one's speech
(Chuqu Wu) speech; dialect; language
(literary, or in compounds) speech; talk

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