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馬蹄
简 马蹄 · 繁 馬蹄Mandarin · pinyin mǎ tí
Meanings
- horse's hoof
- horseshoe
- Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
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3–2 · ma3 ti2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
maa5 tai2
Cantonese word readings for 馬蹄. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun · Etymology 1
- horse hoof
- (archery) target
- inkstone in the shape of a horse hoof
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 馬蹄金／马蹄金 (mǎtíjīn)
- (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 沉香 (chénxiāng, “agarwood”).
- (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 蒓菜／莼菜 (chúncài).
- a kind of shaobing
name · Etymology 1
- a passage in Zhuangzi
noun · Etymology 2
- (chiefly Liangguang, Hong Kong, Penang Hokkien) water chestnut
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