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攏
简 拢 · 繁 攏Mandarin · pinyin lǒng
Meanings
- to gather together; to collect
- to approach; to draw near to
- to add; to sum up
- to comb (hair)
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3 · long3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lung4 · lung5
Cantonese word readings for 攏. 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 gather together; to collect
- (literary, or in compounds) to approach; to draw near to
- to total; to add up; to amount to
- to comb; to brush (hair, mane, etc.)
- (archaic) to pick; to pluck (strings on an instrument)
- (Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) all; both
- (Sichuanese) to arrive
- a surname, Long
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