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負荷

简负荷 · 繁負荷

Mandarin · pinyin fù hè

load
burden
charge

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負: Look up this written character
荷: hé · lotus, water lily; Holland
负: fù · load, burden; carry, bear

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4–4 · fu4 he4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu6 ho6

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

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noun

load; workload

verb

to bear; to shoulder
to carry on one's father's business

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