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輸

简输 · 繁輸

Mandarin · pinyin shū

to lose; to be beaten
(bound form) to transport
(literary) to donate; to contribute
(coll.) to enter (a password)

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输: shū · transport, carry, haul

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

syu1

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

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character

to transport; to carry; to haul
to lose; to be beaten; to be defeated
(literary) to donate; to contribute
a surname

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) present, gift, donation
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 腧 (“acupoint”)

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