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嬡

简嫒 · 繁嬡

Mandarin · pinyin ài

used in 令嬡 lìng ài

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嫒: ài · (your) daughter

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

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character · Etymology 1

(alt-of, alternative) only used in 令嬡／令嫒, alternative form of 令愛 /令爱 (lìng'ài, “your daughter”)

character · Etymology 2

(Teochew) mother (not used to address one's mother directly)

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