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忽閃

简忽闪 · 繁忽閃

Mandarin · pinyin hū shǎn

to glitter
to gleam
to sparkle
to flash

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忽: hū · suddenly, abruptly; neglect
閃: Look up this written character
闪: shǎn · flash; avoid, dodge, evade

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1–3 · hu1 shan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fat1 sim2

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

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verb

(of a light, etc.) to flash; to glitter; to shine
(Shanghainese, of lightning) to strike

noun

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 霍閃 /霍闪 (huòshǎn)

verb

(of eyes, etc.) to flash; to twinkle; to flicker; to sparkle

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