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噲

简哙 · 繁噲

Mandarin · pinyin kuài#

throat
to swallow

Mandarin · pinyin wèi#

(interjection) hey

Mandarin · pinyin Kuài#

surname Kuai

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噲: Look up this written character
哙: kuài · swallow, gulp down; greedy

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faai3

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

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character · Etymology 1

swallow down
mouth of birds or beasts

character · Etymology 2

(Eastern Min) alternative form of 回 (“that; then”)

character · Etymology 3

(dated in Cantonese, Hakka, still used in Teochew) alternative form of 會 /会 (“can; will”)

character · Etymology 4

(Teochew) Interjection used after a name for emphasis

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