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審

简审 · 繁審

Mandarin · pinyin shěn

to examine
to investigate
carefully
to try (in court)

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审: shěn · examine, investigate; judge

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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to examine; to investigate
(law) to try; to judge
(literary, or in compounds) meticulous
(literary, or in compounds) indeed

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