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冶
Mandarin · pinyin yě
Meanings
- to smelt
- to cast
- seductive in appearance
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- 冶
- yě · smelt, fuse metals; cast, found
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Mandarin tones
3 · ye3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
je5
Cantonese word readings for 冶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to smelt (metal)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smelter (someone who casts metal)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smelting furnace
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smelter (a place where smelting or casting is done)
- (derogatory, of woman's look) seductive; bewitching
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 野
- a surname
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