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尿
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- 尿
- niào · urine; urinate
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4 · niao4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
niu6 · seoi1
Cantonese word readings for 尿. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- urine (Classifier: 泡 m; 篤／笃 c)
- to urinate; to pee
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) to pay attention to someone
- (dialectal Mandarin) to yield to; to give up; to admit defeat
- (Tianjin Mandarin) to fear; to be afraid of (the other party in a fight)
- (Tianjin Mandarin) to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be cowardly
- (Tianjin Mandarin) courage; guts
- (Ürümqi Mandarin) smug; cocky; pleased with oneself
character · Etymology 2
- (colloquial) urine
- (colloquial) to urinate; to pee
- (dialectal Mandarin) bad; spineless; poor; damned
- (Wuhan Mandarin) to fail; to break down
- (Wuhan Mandarin) ugly; plain-looking
- (Wuhan Mandarin) wantonly; arbitrarily; carelessly
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