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敖
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- 敖
- áo · ramble, play about; leisurely; surname
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2 · ao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ngou4 · ngou6
Cantonese word readings for 敖. 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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- (literary) original form of 遨 (áo, “to ramble; to play about”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tease; to joke; to flirt with
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to make an uproar
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) someone who has not assumed the throne, and thus has no posthumous name, due to dying early
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a common aristocratic or bureacratic title
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) four-chi-high dog
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 廒 (áo, “granary”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 螯 (áo, “pincer; nipper; claw”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熬 (“to cook on slow fire; to boil”)
- (historical) An ancient place in the northwest of today Xingyang, Henan.
- a surname
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傲 (“haughty; arrogant; conceited”)
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