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鍾

简钟 · 繁鍾

Mandarin · pinyin zhōng#

handleless cup; goblet
(bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
variant of 鐘 zhōng

Mandarin · pinyin Zhōng#

surname Zhong

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钟: zhōng · clock; bell

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1 · zhong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zung1

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

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vessel for containing alcohol
to concentrate one's love or attention
unit of capacity
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 鐘 /钟 (zhōng, “percussion musical instrument; bell”)
(obsolete, chiefly Nanzhao) younger brother
a surname

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