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團
简 团 · 繁 團Mandarin · pinyin tuán
Meanings
- round
- lump
- ball
- to roll into a ball
- to gather
- regiment
- group
- society
- classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
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2 · tuan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tyun4
Cantonese word readings for 團. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- sphere; ball; circle
- to roll (into a ball)
- mass; lump
- Classifier for round, lumpy, or amorphous objects.
- group; collective; panel; team; organization
- group; collective; panel; team; organization — tour group arranged by travel agency
- (figurative, in compounds) tightly; completely; as an inseparable collective (suggestive of circles or tightly knit groups)
- (military) regiment; corps
- (military or paramilitary) formation; troops; armed organization
- (Mainland China) short for 共青團／共青团 (gòngqīngtuán, “Communist Youth League”)
- (graph theory) clique
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