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嘑

简呼 · 繁嘑

Mandarin · pinyin hū

variant of 呼 hū
to shout
to call out

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嘑: Look up this written character
呼: hū · breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu1 · fu3 · laa3

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

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character · Etymology 1

original form of 呼 (hū, “to call; to shout”)
(onomatopoeia) A puff of wind.
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 嘑爾／呼尔 (hù'ěr)

character · Etymology 4

(Cantonese) alternative form of 喇 (laa3, “(sentence-final particle)”)

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