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凹

Mandarin · pinyin āo#

concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)

Mandarin · pinyin wā#

variant of 窪 wā
(used in names)

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凹: āo · concave, hollow, depressed; a pass, valley

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1 · ao1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

aau1 · aau3 · lap1 · nap1 · waa1

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concave; hollow; sunken; dented
to cave in; to be sunken; to dent; to be concave
indentation; depression

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 窪 /洼 (wā)

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(Cantonese) alternative form of 𠱃

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(Zhangzhou Hokkien) swollen bumps on the skin
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) Classifier for swollen bumps on the skin.

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