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魂

Mandarin · pinyin hún

soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)

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魂: hún · soul, spirit

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2 · hun2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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(religion, folklore) the hun, the soul which goes to heaven, as opposed to the 魄 (pò), which goes down to the earth with the body at death.
soul; spirit
mood
the lofty spirit of a nation or people

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