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喁喁

Mandarin · pinyin yóng yóng#

(literary) looking up expectantly

Mandarin · pinyin yú yú#

(onom.) speaking softly

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喁: yóng · the mouth of a fish at the surface of the water, gasping for breath

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2–2 · yong2 yong2

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jung4 jung4

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

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