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亡

Mandarin · pinyin wáng

to die
to lose
to be gone
to flee
deceased

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亡: wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish

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2 · wang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mong1 · mong4 · mou4

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to run away; to flee; to escape
to lose
(intransitive) to be destroyed; to become extinct; to die out
(transitive) to destroy; to annihilate; to exterminate
to die
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 忘 (wàng, “to forget”)

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 無 /无 (“not have”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 毋 (wú, “don't”)

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