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酌

Mandarin · pinyin zhuó

to pour wine
to drink wine
to deliberate
to consider

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酌: zhuó · serve wine; feast; deliberate

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2 · zhuo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zoek3

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

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to pour an alcoholic beverage
to drink
alcohol and meal
to consider; to deliberate

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