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音讀
简 音读 · 繁 音讀Mandarin · pinyin yīn dú
Meanings
- reading or phonetic value of a character
- (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀 xùn dú. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
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1–2 · yin1 du2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jam1 duk6
Cantonese word readings for 音讀. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- reading of a Chinese character in non-Chinese languages based on the original Chinese pronunciation; on'yomi or ondoku in Japanese, eumdok in Korean
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