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擁
简 拥 · 繁 擁Mandarin · pinyin yōng
Meanings
- to hold in one's arms; to embrace
- to surround; to gather around
- to throng; to swarm
- (bound form) to support (as in 擁護 yōng hù)
- (literary) to have; to possess
- Taiwan pr. yǒng
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1 · yong1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jung2 · ung2
Cantonese word readings for 擁. 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 embrace; to hug someone
- to wrap around; to squeeze
- to gather around; to crowd
- to provide support; to protect
- to have something; to possess; to hold
- crowd of people
- (dialectal Mandarin) to push
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 壅 (“to obstruct”)
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- (Cantonese) to push
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