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芝麻

Mandarin · pinyin zhī ma

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芝: zhī · sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)
麻: má · hemp, jute, flax; sesame; Kangxi radical 200

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1–5 · zhi1 ma5

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

zi1 maa4

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

zi1 maa4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, euphemistic) alternative form of 支那 (Zhīnà, “China (derogatory)”)