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驅動

简驱动 · 繁驅動

Mandarin · pinyin qū dòng

to drive
to propel
drive (vehicle wheel)
drive mechanism (tape or disk)
device driver (computing software)

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驅: Look up this written character
動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
驱: qū · spur a horse on; expel, drive away
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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1–4 · qu1 dong4

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keoi1 dung6

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

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verb

(literally) to drive; to propel
(figuratively) to urge; to spur; to prompt; to drive

noun

drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk)
(computing) short for 驅動程序／驱动程序 (qūdòng chéngxù, “device driver”)

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