攏

简 拢 · 繁 攏
Mandarin · pinyin lǒng

Meanings

  1. to gather together; to collect
  2. to approach; to draw near to
  3. to add; to sum up
  4. to comb (hair)
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拢
lǒng · collect, bring together
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3 · long3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lung4 · lung5

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  1. to gather together; to collect
  2. (literary, or in compounds) to approach; to draw near to
  3. to total; to add up; to amount to
  4. to comb; to brush (hair, mane, etc.)
  5. (archaic) to pick; to pluck (strings on an instrument)
  6. (Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) all; both
  7. (Sichuanese) to arrive
  8. a surname, Long

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