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諗
简 谂 · 繁 諗Mandarin · pinyin shěn
Meanings
- to know
- to reprimand
- to urge
- to long for
- to tell
- to inform
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3 · shen3
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nam2 · sam2
Cantonese word readings for 諗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (Cantonese) to think; to ponder
- (Cantonese) to think; to guess; to reckon
character · Etymology 2
- to exhort; to reprimand
- to long for
- to know; to understand thoroughly
- to inform
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