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攢

简攒 · 繁攢

Mandarin · pinyin cuán#

to bring together

Mandarin · pinyin zǎn#

to collect
to hoard
to accumulate
to save

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攢: Look up this written character
攒: zǎn · cuán · save, hoard

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2 · cuan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cyun4 · zaan2 · zaan6 · zyun1 · zyun6

Cantonese word readings for 攢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete) to bend
to save

character · Etymology 2

to gather; to assemble; to collect; to piece together

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete) to loosen

character · Etymology 4

(Hokkien) to prepare; to arrange; to take care of
(Hokkien) to set up a trap to make a fool of someone

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