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損
简 损 · 繁 損Mandarin · pinyin sǔn
Meanings
- (bound form) to decrease; to diminish
- (bound form) to harm; to damage
- (coll.) to ridicule; to deride
- (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
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3 · sun3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 損. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to diminish
- to harm; to cause destruction to; to damage
- to lose; to forfeit
- loss; decrease; reduction
- (colloquial) to make sarcastic remarks; to act meanly; to mock
- (colloquial, chiefly of remarks) acrimonious; caustic; biting; mean (especially Min Nan)
- (Cantonese) to be injured, in the form of an abrasion
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