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拾

Mandarin · pinyin shè#

to ascend in light steps

Mandarin · pinyin shí#

to pick up
to collate or arrange
ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

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拾: shí · pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten

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4 · she4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gip3 · sap6 · sip3

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to pick up
to gather; to tidy up
(financial) alternative form of 十 (shí, “ten”)

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(literary) to ascend

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(literary) to alternate, to take turns

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(Southern Min) alternative form of 抾 (khioh, “to pick up; to collect”)

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