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銷

简销 · 繁銷

Mandarin · pinyin xiāo

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銷: Look up this written character
销: xiāo · melt, fuse; market, sell

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1 · xiao1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

siu1

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

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to melt
to sell
to expend
to cancel; to write off
to bolt
peg; pin; bolt
a surname, Xiao

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