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芙蓉

Mandarin · pinyin fú róng

cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)
lotus
foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)

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芙: fú · hibiscus
蓉: róng · hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan

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2–2 · fu2 rong2

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fu4 jung4

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

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noun

lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)
(Shanghainese) canary

name

(～區) Furong (a district of Changsha, Hunan, China)
(～市) Seremban, Fu Yong (a city, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia)

name

(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 梅山 (Méishān, “Meishan Town, Nan'an, Fujian”).

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