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拱
Mandarin · pinyin gǒng
Meanings
- to cup one's hands in salute
- to surround
- to arch
- to dig earth with the snout
- arched
Characters in this entry
- 拱
- gǒng · fold hands on breast; bow, salute
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Mandarin tones
3 · gong3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gung2
Cantonese word readings for 拱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to fold the hands in front of the breast
- to bow; to salute
- to surround; to encircle
- (archaic) area enclosed by the arms
- to push upwards or outwards
- to sprout
- to arch
- arched
- (Shanghainese) to keep pressing or pushing against a wal
- (Shanghainese) wrinkled and uneven
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