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卬
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- 卬
- áng · lofty; high; raise; high-priced
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2 · ang2
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joeng5 · ngong4
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character · Etymology 1
- (Classical or dialectal Mandarin, Old Xiang) I; me
- (Classical) to meet, converge
- (alt-of, obsolete) obsolete form of 昂 (“to raise; to be stirred, be roused; high”)
- (historical) (～州) place to the south of 交州 (Jiāozhōu) and 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu)
- a surname
character · Etymology 3
- (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien) to stare blankly; to be in a daze
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) clumsy; awkward; sluggish (usually said in reduplication)
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