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凝

Mandarin · pinyin níng

to congeal
to concentrate attention
to stare

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凝: níng · coagulate; congeal; freeze

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2 · ning2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing4 · king4

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

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character · Etymology 1

to coagulate; to congeal; to freeze
to focus; to concentrate (attention)
to stop; to be still
slow; sluggish
deep; gorgeous
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, of eyes) not moving; staring blankly
(Teochew) cold
(Hakka) ice

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) alternative form of 睨 (“to glare”)

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