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搪
Mandarin · pinyin táng
Meanings
- to keep out
- to hold off
- to ward off
- to evade
- to spread
- to coat
- to smear
- to daub
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- 搪
- táng · ward off, evade; parry; block
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Mandarin tones
2 · tang2
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1character link35same-tone records
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Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tong4
Cantonese word readings for 搪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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