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預言

简 预言 · 繁 預言
Mandarin · pinyin yù yán

Meanings

  1. to predict
  2. prophecy
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預
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言
yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
预
yù · prepare, arrange; in advance
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4–2 · yu4 yan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu6 jin4

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

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jyu6 jin4

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. to predict; to foretell; to make a prophecy

noun

  1. prophecy; prediction

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