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實
简 实 · 繁 實Mandarin · pinyin shí
Meanings
- real
- true
- honest
- really
- solid
- fruit
- seed
- definitely
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2 · shi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 實. 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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- full; fulfilled; substantial; rich
- (Classical) to fill; to load; to stuff
- real; true
- truth; fact; substance; reality
- honest
- solid
- (literal or figurative) fruit
- (Classical, arithmetic) dividend
- (Cantonese) surely; undoubtedly; definitely
- (Classical) in fact; truly; verily; actually
- (Cantonese) tight; firm
- (Southern and Puxian Min) packed; fully filled; stuffed
- (Hokkien) clogged; blocked (due to being stuffed, packed, etc.)
- (Hokkien) suffocated
- (Classical) this
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