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度

Mandarin · pinyin dù#

Mandarin · pinyin duó#

to estimate
Taiwan pr. duò

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度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider

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4 · du4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dok6 · dou6

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

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character · Etymology 1

linear measure; size; measures
52nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "measure" (𝌹)
consideration; thought; expectation
law; standard; rule; convention
extent; limit; quota
tolerance; open-mindedness
degree; level; measure (often used to translate English -ness, -ity)
(graph theory) degree
plan; design; programme
to pass (time); to spend time
to pass (physically); to go over
(Buddhism) to say prayers or perform Buddhist service to release souls from purgatory
(religion) to try to persuade someone to become a monk, nun or Taoist priest
to write; to compose
Classifier for degrees.
Classifier for degrees. — (physics) Classifier for kilowatt-hour.
Classifier for degrees. — (ophthalmology) Classifier for 0.01 dioptres.
Classifier for degrees. — Classifier for alcohol concentration: percent
(literary) Classifier for events or occurrences: time
(Cantonese) Classifier for doors.
a surname

character · Etymology 1

to speculate
to measure; to estimate; to judge
to devise

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) Used to indicate location of something.

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) approximately; around

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