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凹紋

简凹纹 · 繁凹紋

Mandarin · pinyin āo wén

die (printing, metalwork etc)

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凹: āo · concave, hollow, depressed; a pass, valley
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纹: wén · line, streak, stripe; wrinkle

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1–2 · ao1 wen2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nap1 man4

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

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