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披垂

Mandarin · pinyin pī chuí

(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover
to flow down

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披: pī · wear; split; crack
垂: chuí · let down; suspend, hand; down

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1–2 · pi1 chui2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pei1 seoi4

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

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