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巨

Mandarin · pinyin jù

very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
(coll.) very; extremely

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巨: jù · large, great, enormous; chief

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character · Etymology 1

huge; gigantic; enormous
a surname
macro-; macro
million; one million; mega-; mega
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 巨港 (Jùgǎng, “Palembang”)
(neologism, colloquial) super; very

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