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勺
Mandarin · pinyin sháo
Meanings
- spoon
- ladle
- Classifier: 把 bǎ
- abbr. for 公勺 gōng sháo, centiliter (unit of volume)
Characters in this entry
- 勺
- sháo · spoon, ladle; unit of volume
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Mandarin tones
2 · shao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
soek3 · zoek3
Cantonese word readings for 勺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- spoon; ladle (Classifier: 把 m)
- ladle-like object
- (historical) A unit of capacity: one tenth of a 合 (gě), now 1 市勺 equals 1 centilitre.
- Classifier for an amount held by a spoon or ladle: scoop; spoonful
- (obsolete) little; small amount
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 芍 (“Chinese peony”)
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, obsolete) obsolete form of 酌 (zhuó, “to scoop; to dip; to take as model”)
- (historical, dance) musical dance created by the Duke of Zhou
- (historical, music) Alternative term for 籥 (yuè, “ancient vertical flute”).
- (alt-of, obsolete) obsolete form of 灼 (zhuó, “strong in color”)
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