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奚

Mandarin · pinyin xī#

(literary) what?
where?
why?

Mandarin · pinyin Xī#

surname Xi

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奚: xī · where? what? how? why?; servant

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1 · xi1

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hai4

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) where? what? how? why?

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete) servant; slave

character · Etymology 3

the Xi (Kumo Xi) people

character · Etymology 4

a surname

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