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口訣

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Mandarin · pinyin kǒu jué

mnemonic chant
rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)

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口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
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诀: jué · take leave of, bid farewell

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3–2 · kou3 jue2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hau2 kyut3

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noun

(religion) orally transmitted esoteric teachings in Buddhism and Taoism
mnemonic chant; formula; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order, etc.)
(historical) kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)

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