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蒙

Mandarin · pinyin mēng#

(knocked) unconscious
dazed
stunned

Mandarin · pinyin méng#

to cover
ignorant
to suffer (misfortune)
to receive (a favor)
to cheat

Mandarin · pinyin Méng#

surname Meng

Mandarin · pinyin Měng#

Mongol ethnic group
abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國 Měng gǔ guó
Taiwan pr. Méng

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蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃

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

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dodder (Cuscuta chinensis)
to cover
to deceive; to hide the truth from
to suffer
(honorific) to receive (a favour)
ignorant
fourth hexagram of the I Ching
a surname

character · Etymology 1

to lose consciousness

character · Etymology 2

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 蒙古 (Měnggǔ, “Mongolia”) Specifically, it can mean the country of Mongolia, or Inner Mongolia of China, or terms related to Mongols.

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