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舞蹈

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ dǎo

Meanings

  1. dance (performance art)
  2. dancing
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舞
wǔ · dance, posture, prance; brandish
蹈
dǎo · stamp feet; dance
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3–3 · wu3 dao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou5 dou6

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

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mou5 dou6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable) dance (performance art); dancing
  2. (historical) a type of ceremony performed by court officials when making an audience with the emperor
  3. (archaic) expression of joy

verb

  1. to dance (move rhythmically)

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