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情

Mandarin · pinyin qíng

(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
(bound form) situation; condition

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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion

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2 · qing2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood
love; romance; romantic affection (Classifier: 段; 份)
sexual desire; lust
affection; friendship; personal relationship; favour; face
interest; taste; charm; appeal
reason; sense; what is reasonable or natural
truth; facts; actual circumstances
situation; circumstances; condition; state of affairs
expression; look; manner; outward state
(literary) clearly; indeed
(dialectal) simply; solely; purely; just

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