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六

Mandarin · pinyin liù#

Mandarin · pinyin lù#

used in place names

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六: liù · number six

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4 · liu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

liu1 · luk6

Cantonese word readings for 六. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

six
(printing) small text; The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ, “little 5”) and 小六 (xiǎoliù, “little 6”), standardized as 7½ point.
(dialectal) proficient
(neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
a surname (pronounced Lù)
name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., 六安 (Lù'ān) Lu'an, Anhui, China)

character · Etymology 2

(music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).
(music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).

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