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芋頭色

简芋头色 · 繁芋頭色

Mandarin · pinyin yù tou sè

lilac (color)

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芋: yù · taro
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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4–5–4 · yu4 tou5 se4

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wu6 tau2 sik1

Cantonese word readings for 芋頭色. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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