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頂格

简顶格 · 繁頂格

Mandarin · pinyin dǐng gé

(typesetting) to not indent; to set text flush with the left (or top) margin
(attributive) (esp. of a penalty) maximum; at the maximum permitted level

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頂: Look up this written character
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
顶: dǐng · top, summit, peak; to carry on the head

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3–2 · ding3 ge2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ding2 gaak3

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

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noun

paper-made ceiling
the Chinese language practice of commencing writing at the leftmost position (or uppermost position in vertical writing) without blank spaces
(grammar) superessive case

adj

(Mainland China) maximum (especially in relation to penalty or punishment)

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