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追
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- 追
- zhuī · pursue, chase after; expel
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1 · dui1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
deoi1 · zeoi1
Cantonese word readings for 追. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to chase after; to pursue (someone)
- to hunt; to track
- to pursue (fame, etc.); to seek
- to pursue (fame, etc.); to seek — (specifically) to woo; to chase; to court
- (literary, or in compounds) to recall; to recollect
- (literary, or in compounds) posthumously
- (literary, or in compounds) to do something as a make-up measure
- (literary, or in compounds) to get to the bottom of; to look into and find out
- (literary, or in compounds) to expel
- (slang, neologism) to watch in succession
character · Etymology 2
- (literary) synonym of 雕 (diāo, “to carve jade”)
- (historical) knob on an instrumental bell for hanging
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 堆 (duī, “sand drift; small hill”)
character · Etymology 3
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 逐 (“to chase; to pursue”)
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