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乸

Mandarin · pinyin nǎ

feminine suffix (Cantonese)
postfix indicating feminine

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乸: nǎ · (Cant.) feminine suffix

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3 · na3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naa2

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

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(Cantonese) female animal (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Cantonese) mother
(Cantonese, often derogatory) wife (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Cantonese) sissy; feminine; unmanly
(Cantonese, figuratively, of instruments, tools, or connectors) female
(Cantonese) Suffix for certain animals, without any gendered meaning.
(Cantonese, minced oath, vulgar) euphemistic form of 撚 (lan²): freaking

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