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敘
简 叙 · 繁 敘Mandarin · pinyin xù#
Meanings · xù
- to narrate
- to chat
Mandarin · pinyin Xù#
Meanings · Xù
- abbr. for Syria 敘利亞 Xù lì yà
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zeoi6
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- to talk; to chat
- to narrate; to recount; to relate
- to assess; to appraise
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 敘利亞／叙利亚 (Xùlìyà, “Syria”)
- (literary) alternative form of 序 (xù, “order; sequence”)
- (literary) alternative form of 序 (xù, “to order; to arrange in order”)
- (literary) alternative form of 序 (xù, “preface”)
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