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藏

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcong4#

abbr. for Tibet

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcong4#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzong1#

a type of grass

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzong6#

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

cong44 · low falling

zong11 · high level

zong66 · low level

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Same syllable, six tones

cong仓cong1barn 厂cong2factory 创cong3to begin 藏cong4to concealcong5—cong6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

藏

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

藏 Zàng CC-CEDICT · MandarinTibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區 Xī zàng Zì zhì qū)
藏 cáng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
藏 zàng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinstorehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: cang2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cong4 · zong1 · zong6

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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

character · Etymology 1

(transitive) to hide; to conceal
(intransitive) to hide
to store; to lay
a surname

character · Etymology 2

depository, repository; storage, treasury
Buddhist or Taoist scriptures
original form of 臟／脏 (zàng, “internal organs”)
(literary) to bury
(literary) burial ground

character · Etymology 2

(Taoism) a cylindrical model of a prayer wheel used in certain Hokkien funeral rites

character · Etymology 3

Tibetan (people)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 西藏 (Xīzàng, “Tibet”)

character · Etymology 4

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to stuff; to cram; to squeeze into
(Zhangzhou, Kinmenese and Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) to hide

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