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賓

简宾 · 繁賓

Mandarin · pinyin bīn

visitor
guest
object (in grammar)

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宾: bīn · guest, visitor; surname; submit

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1 · bin1

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ban1 · ban3

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

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character · Etymology 1

visitor; guest
(grammar) short for 賓語／宾语 (bīnyǔ, “object”)

character · Etymology 2

Used in transcription.
(Cantonese) short for 利賓納／利宾纳 (“Ribena”)
(Cantonese, attributive, possibly derogatory) short for 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn, “Filipino/a”)

character · Etymology 3

used in 賓周／宾周

character · Etymology 4

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 擯 /摈 (bìn, “to discard; to reject”)

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