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可可

Mandarin · pinyin kě kě

(loanword) cocoa

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可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly

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3–3 · ke3 ke3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ho2 ho2

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noun · Etymology 1

cocoa
cacao (Theobroma cacao)
(Penang Hokkien) brown

adj · Etymology 2

(literary) slight; little
(literary) vague; dim
(literary) careless
(literary) aye aye; yes yes

adv · Etymology 2

(literary) just right; by chance

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