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嫌
Mandarin · pinyin xián
Meanings
- to dislike
- suspicion
- resentment
- enmity
- abbr. for 嫌犯 xián fàn, criminal suspect
Characters in this entry
- 嫌
- xián · hate, detest; suspect; criticize
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Mandarin tones
2 · xian2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 嫌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to be sick of; to be tired of; to be fed up with
- (Cantonese, transitive) to mind; to dislike; to be dissatisfied of
- (Hokkien) to find fault with; to censure; to criticize harshly; to dislike; to blame; to scold; to animadvert; to complain; to grumble about
- (literary, or in compounds) hatred; enmity; resentment; grudge
- (literary, or in compounds) to doubt; to suspect
- (literary, or in compounds) suspicion (the state of being suspected)
- (literary, or in compounds) to be similar to; to be about the same as; to approximate
- (literary, or in compounds) to guess; to surmise; to conjecture
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