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Mandarin · pinyin róng#

Mandarin · pinyin Róng#

surname Rong

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容: róng · looks, appearance; figure, form

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jung4

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to hold; to contain
to tolerate; to stand
to allow; to permit
(literary) perhaps; maybe
facial appearance; looks
bearing; posture
used in 容易 (róngyì) and 容與／容与
used in 容容
a surname
(～縣) Rong County, Yulin, Guangxi
(Mainland China) ronna- (SI unit prefix)

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