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奪

简夺 · 繁奪

Mandarin · pinyin duó

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奪: Look up this written character
夺: duó · take by force, rob, snatch

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dyut6

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

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lose
to seize; to take by force
to compete for and obtain
to prevail over
to deprive; to cause to lose
(literary) to decide
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to marcot (to propagate plants by tying soil onto a branch stripped of bark)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name of an ancient place

character · Etymology 3

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) only used in 狹奪／狭夺

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