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冧

Mandarin · pinyin lín

(Cantonese) to topple
to collapse
to coax
flower bud

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2 · lin2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lam1 · lam3

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

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character · Etymology 1

(Cantonese) flower bud
(Cantonese) to coax (especially a child or girl)

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) — (Cantonese) to topple over; to fall over (of trees, etc.); to collapse
(Cantonese) to be intoxicated; to be very drunk; to be wasted
(Cantonese, of prices, indexes, etc.) to plummet; to fall; to drop
(Cantonese) to be down; to stop working

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) Used in transcription.

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