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雀

Mandarin · pinyin qiāo#

a freckle
lentigo

Mandarin · pinyin què#

(bound form) small bird
sparrow
also pr. qiǎo

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雀: què · sparrow

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1 · qiao1

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zoek2 · zoek3

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sparrow, especially the Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
small bird
(literary) dark red; brownish red
(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) bird (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Cantonese, Jinhua Wu, colloquial) penis (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
a surname

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