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厝
Mandarin · pinyin cuò
Meanings
- to lay in place
- to put
- to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
Characters in this entry
- 厝
- cuò · cut or engrave; a grave or tombstone
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Mandarin tones
4 · cuo4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cou3
Cantonese word readings for 厝. 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.
character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) whetstone
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 錯 /错 (“mixed; jumbled”)
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 措 (cuò, “to place”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
character · Etymology 4
- (Min) house (building) (Classifier: 間／间 mn)
- (Min) home
character · Etymology 5
- (Min) an ancient county in modern Hebei
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