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夯

Mandarin · pinyin bèn#

variant of 笨 bèn

Mandarin · pinyin hāng#

to ram; to tamp
a rammer; a tamper
excellent; exceptionally good
variant of ㄏㄤ[hang1]

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夯: hāng · heavy load, burden; lift up

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4 · ben4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ban6 · haang1

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

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character

to carry on the shoulder (forcefully)
rammer
to ram
to strike forcefully
(neologism, originally used in Taiwan) popular
(neologism) awesome, excellent, badass

character

(Min) to lift; to heave
(of more than one person) to carry on hands or shoulders together
(of something hidden) to break out; to take effect
(Min) to rise; to go up; to increase

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