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鏡
简 镜 · 繁 鏡Mandarin · pinyin jìng
Meanings
- mirror
- lens
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4 · jing4
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geng3
Cantonese word readings for 鏡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (now in compounds or dialectal) mirror; reflecting glass (Classifier: 塊／块 c)
- (physics, in compounds) lens; -scope
- (in compounds) spectacles; glasses
- (Cantonese) short for 鏡頭／镜头 (jìngtóu, “camera lens”) (Classifier: 支 c)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to mirror; to reflect
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to perceive; to observe clearly
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use for reference; to draw lessons from
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clear
- a surname
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