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蹣跚

简蹒跚 · 繁蹣跚

Mandarin · pinyin pán shān

to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to lurch; to hobble; to totter

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蹣: Look up this written character
跚: shān · stagger, limp
蹒: pán · to jump over; to limp

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2–1 · pan2 shan1

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mun4 saan1

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

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adj

(ideophonic) walking unsteadily; staggering; limping; hobbling
(ideophonic) walking haltingly; walking slowly

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