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呔
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- 呔
- dāi · (Cant.) a necktie, a tire
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Mandarin tones
1 · dai1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
taai1 · toi2
Cantonese word readings for 呔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- An exclamation to get attention.
character · Etymology 2
- (dialectal) having a foreign accent
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese) tie; necktie (Classifier: 條／条 c)
character · Etymology 4
- (Cantonese) (pneumatic) tyre (Classifier: 條／条 c)
character · Etymology 5
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) how; why
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