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苑
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- 苑
- yuàn · pasture, park, garden; mansion
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4 · yuan4
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jyun2
Cantonese word readings for 苑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- park; garden; pasture; preserve
- park; garden; pasture; preserve — imperial garden; imperial hunting grounds
- (of arts, literature, etc.) center; circle; world
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- a surname
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 菀 (yù, “lush; luxuriant”)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蘊 /蕴 (“to accumulate; to gather”)
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