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諷刺

简 讽刺 · 繁 諷刺
Mandarin · pinyin fěng cì

Meanings

  1. to satirize
  2. to mock
  3. irony
  4. satire
  5. sarcasm
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諷
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刺
cì · stab; prick, irritate; prod
讽
fěng · fèng · recite, incant; satirize
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3–4 · feng3 ci4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fung3 ci3

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

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fung3 ci3

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verb

  1. (transitive) to satirise; to mock; to ridicule (using indirect language)
  2. (literary) to advise in a mild and indirect manner

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