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仄

Mandarin · pinyin zè

to tilt
narrow
uneasy
oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)

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仄: zè · slanting, oblique; oblique tones

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zak1

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

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character · Etymology 1

slanting; oblique
narrow
uneasy; worried
oblique tone
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 側 /侧 (“side”)
(dialectal) to raise (cause to rise)
(loanword, Mainland China) zepto- (SI unit prefix)

noun · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, dated) cheque

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