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拚

Mandarin · pinyin pàn#

to strive for
to struggle
to disregard
to reject

Mandarin · pinyin pīn#

variant of 拼 pīn

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4 · pan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan1 · fan3 · ping1 · ping3 · pun1 · pun2 · pun3

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character · Etymology 1

original form of 拼 (pīn)

character · Etymology 2

to clap

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