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凱

简凯 · 繁凱

Mandarin · pinyin kǎi#

(bound form) triumphal music
(Tw) (coll.) generous with money; lavish in spending
chi (Greek letter Χχ)

Mandarin · pinyin Kǎi#

surname Kai

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凯: kǎi · triumphant; triumph, victory

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3 · kai3

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music of triumph; paean
triumph; victory
triumphant; victorious
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 愷 /恺 (kǎi, “peaceful; harmonious”)
(Taiwan, colloquial) generous with money
a surname

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