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姶
Mandarin · pinyin è
Meanings
- wonderful
- beautiful
- (used in female given names and as a surname)
Characters in this entry
- 姶
- è · wonderful; beautiful; (used in female given names and as a surname)
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Mandarin tones
4 · e4
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hap6 · jap1
Cantonese word readings for 姶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- exquisite; fine
- clever; bright
- silent
- used in female names
character
- nimble
- cute
- lovable
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