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憨
Mandarin · pinyin hān
Meanings
- silly
- simple-minded
- foolish
- naive
- sturdy
- tough
- heavy (of rope)
Characters in this entry
- 憨
- hān · foolish, silly, coquettish
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Mandarin tones
1 · han1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ham1
Cantonese word readings for 憨. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- foolish; stupid; silly
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) simple; naive; innocent
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) coarse
- a surname
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