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餔
简 哺 · 𫗦 · 繁 餔Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
1 · bu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bou1 · bou3
Cantonese word readings for 餔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (literary) to eat
- (literary) alternative form of 哺 (“to give food; to feed”)
- (literary) alternative form of 晡 (bū, “the ninth two-hour period of the day, corresponding to 3–5 pm; late afternoon; early evening”)
- (literary) dinner; supper
- (literary) preserved fruit
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