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床

Mandarin · pinyin chuáng

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (Classifier: 張 zhāng)
bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)
frame; chassis
classifier for blankets, quilts etc

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床: chuáng · bed, couch; framework, chassis

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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bed; couch (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
framework; chassis
(Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Puxian Min, Zhongshan Min) table
(obsolete) rails of the well
bottom; bed
Classifier for beddings.

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