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合

Mandarin · pinyin gě#

100 ml
one-tenth of a peck
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

Mandarin · pinyin hé#

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合: hé · combine, unite, join; gather

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3 · ge3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gap3 · hap6 · ho4

Cantonese word readings for 合. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to close; to shut
to join; to combine; to unite; to bring together
to suit; to fit
to have sexual intercourse
to fight, to have a confrontation with
to add up to; to be equivalent to; to amount to
spouse
whole; entire
together
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 盒 (hé, “box”)
(games, battle) round
(astronomy) conjunction
(Hokkien) to get along well
(Chinese phonetics) short for 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”)
(Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for matching sets of instruments such as teaware.
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Classifier for number of fights.
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compound; to make up (medicine, etc.)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 升 (shēng)
unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 升 (shēng) — (Han dynasty) equal to 2 龠 (yuè)

character · Etymology 3

(music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).
(music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).

character · Etymology 4

(Hokkien, Teochew) alternative form of 佮 (“and; with”)

character · Etymology 5

(Hokkien, Teochew) to wrap a book (with paper, etc.)
(Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) to have a traditional Chinese medicine prescription filled (of the patient)
(Mainland China Hokkien) to embrace in one's bosom
(Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) to watch over; to look after; to take care of (a child, etc.)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to match; to go with
(Teochew) to concoct (to make medicine, etc.)
(Teochew) to form a partnership
(Teochew) to bind (into a book)

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