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嗝

Mandarin · pinyin gé

hiccup
belch

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嗝: gé · cackling of fowls to gag, to vomit

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 㗆) call of an animal (especially a bird)
(onomatopoeia) hiccup, burp, belch
(Mandarin, colloquial) to die, croak

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, onomatopoeia) to burp, belch

character · Etymology 3

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shout; to yell
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan

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