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匈
Mandarin · pinyin xiōng#
Meanings · xiōng
- old variant of 胸 xiōng
Mandarin · pinyin Xiōng#
Meanings · Xiōng
- Hungary
- Hungarian
- abbr. for 匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì
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- 匈
- xiōng · breast, chest, thorax; clamor; the Hsiung Nu 'Huns'
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1 · xiong1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hung1
Cantonese word readings for 匈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- Hun, Hunnic
- (abbreviation, alt-of) abbreviation of 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì) (= Hungary): a country in Central Europe
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì): Hungarian (of, from or relating to Hungary)
- used in 匈匈
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 凶 (xiōng, “famine”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 兇 /凶 (xiōng, “fearful; fierce; ferocious”)
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