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轉注
简 转注 · 繁 轉注Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn zhù
Meanings
- transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters)
- character with meanings influenced by other words
- sometimes called mutually explanatory character
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Mandarin tones
3–4 · zhuan3 zhu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zyun2 zyu3
Cantonese word readings for 轉注. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- (linguistics) figurative extension of meaning
- (linguistics) figurative extension of meaning — (Chinese character classification) Chinese characters that are "derivative cognates", appearing in the liùshū
- extended meaning
- mutually interpretive principle
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