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哨

Mandarin · pinyin shào

a whistle
sentry

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哨: shào · whistle, blow whistle; chirp

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4 · shao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saau3

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to patrol (keep watch over an area by regularly walking or travelling around it)
sentry; sentinel; post
to chirp
to whistle
whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
a surname, Shao

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