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錫

简锡 · 繁錫

Mandarin · pinyin xī

tin (chemistry)
to bestow
to confer
to grant
Taiwan pr. xí

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锡: xī · tin, stannum; bestow, confer

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sek3 · sek6 · sik3

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

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character · Etymology 1

tin
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 無錫／无锡 (Wúxī, “Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province”)
a surname
Used in transcription.

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 賜 /赐 (“to bestow; to confer”)

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) alternative form of 惜 (sek3, “to cherish; to kiss”)

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