舍 is also the simplified spelling of 捨.
舍
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- 舍
- shě · shè · house, dwelling; dwell, reside
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3 · she3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 12 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
se2 · se3 · se5
Cantonese word readings for 舍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- lodging place for guests; inn; hotel
- house; residence; reside
- (in compounds) pen
- (humble, before relatives younger than or junior to oneself) my
- (humble) my (humble) place
- (historical) a unit of distance equal to 30 li
- (literary) to stay; to reside
- (literary) to stop; to cease
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 赦 (shè, “to pardon”)
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 捨 /舍 (shě, “to give up; to abandon”)
- (literary) to give alms; to give in charity
- (obsolete) to shoot
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