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Mandarin · pinyin xiǎn shì

to show
to illustrate
to display
to demonstrate

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示: shì · show, manifest; demonstrate; Kangxi radical 113
显: xiǎn · manifest, display; evident, clear

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3–4 · xian3 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hin2 si6

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verb

to display; to show; to manifest; to demonstrate
to show off; to make a display of; to flaunt

noun

(Catholicism) epiphany

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