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括弧

Mandarin · pinyin kuò hú

parentheses; brackets

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括: kuò · include, embrace, enclose
弧: hú · wooden bow; arc, crescent

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4–2 · kuo4 hu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kut3 wu4

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noun

brackets; parentheses — round brackets ("(" and ")")
brackets; parentheses — brackets in general (any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">")
(rare) quotation mark (「」, 『』, “ ”, ‘ ’); quotes

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