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墜

简坠 · 繁墜

Mandarin · pinyin zhuì

to fall
to drop
to weigh down

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坠: zhuì · fall down, drop, sink, go to ruin

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4 · zhui4

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zeoi6

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

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to fall down; to drop; to sink; to go to ruin
to hang down; to weigh down; to fall due to a heavy weight
hanging object
(Hokkien) hanging down
(Quanzhou Hokkien) slightly heavy (often reduplicated)

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