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點竄

简点窜 · 繁點竄

Mandarin · pinyin diǎn cuàn

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點: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
竄: Look up this written character
点: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
窜: cuàn · run away; revise, edit; expel

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3–4 · dian3 cuan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dim2 cyun3

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

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