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鳩

简鸠 · 繁鳩

Mandarin · pinyin jiū

turtledove
(literary) to gather

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鳩: Look up this written character
鸠: jiū · pigeon; collect, assemble

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1 · jiu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau1 · kau1

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

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pigeon; dove (family Columbidae)
(literary) to gather; to assemble
(Cantonese, Pingnan Min, vulgar) penis (sometimes especially erect) (Classifier: 轆／辘 c; 條／条 c)
(Cantonese, vulgar) fucking (intensifier)
(Cantonese, vulgar) Negates the meaning of the sentence.
(Cantonese, vulgar) stupid; dumb
(Cantonese, vulgar) recklessly
(Cantonese, vulgar) unseriously
(Cantonese, vulgar) without aim or plan
(Cantonese, vulgar) thoughtlessly
(Cantonese, vulgar) unreasonably; lacking in reason

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