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躉
简 趸 · 繁 躉Mandarin · pinyin dǔn
Meanings
- wholesale
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3 · dun3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dan2
Cantonese word readings for 躉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- wholesale
- to buy wholesale; to hoard for speculation
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) foundation; support (of an object)
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) buttocks; bottom; behind
- (Cantonese) to place; to put
- (Cantonese) Classifier for buildings.
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