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Mandarin · pinyin kè#

Mandarin · pinyin Kè#

abbr. for 克羅地亞 Kè luó dì yà, Croatia
(Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞 Kè luó āi xī yà, Croatia

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克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration

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4 · ke4

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haak1 · hak1

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to be able to
to defeat; to vanquish; to conquer
to subdue; to restrain
to digest
to set (a time limit)
(dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of 去.
gram (g)
a Tibetan unit of volume or dry measure
a Tibetan unit of land area
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character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) to bear; to endure
(Hokkien, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 𣁳 (khat)

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