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鋪

简铺 · 繁鋪

Mandarin · pinyin pū#

to spread
to display
to set up
(old) holder for door-knocker

Mandarin · pinyin pù#

plank bed
place to sleep
shop
store
(old) relay station

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鋪: Look up this written character
铺: pù · shop, store; place sleep, bed

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1 · pu1

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pou1 · pou2 · pou3

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

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to spread out; to arrange
to display
to pave; to tile; to lay
(Cantonese) Classifier for games or matches.
(Cantonese) Classifier for addictions.

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store (Classifier: 間／间 c mn-t)
relay station for post horses
(Cantonese, Northern Min, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Nanning Pinghua, Wenzhounese) unit of distance equivalent to 10 li

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