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重讀

简重读 · 繁重讀

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng dú

stress (on a syllable)

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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
讀: dú · read, study; pronounce
读: dú · read, study; pronounce

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4–2 · zhong4 du2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cung4 duk6

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

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verb

(phonetics) to stress (a syllable); to emphasise (a syllable)

verb

to read (something) all over again; to read aloud (a text) again, to reread
to repeat a year; to repeat a grade

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