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墜子

简坠子 · 繁墜子

Mandarin · pinyin zhuì zi

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same as 墜胡 zhuì hú
ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡 zhuì hú

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墜: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
坠: zhuì · fall down, drop, sink, go to ruin

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4–5 · zhui4 zi5

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zeoi6 zi2

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

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