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斜

Mandarin · pinyin xié

inclined
slanting
oblique
tilting

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斜: xié · slanting, sloping, inclined

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2 · xie2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce3 · ce4 · je4

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

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character

tilted; sloping; inclined; oblique; slanting
to slant; to tilt; to slope
(Cantonese) slope (Classifier: 條／条 c)
(Yangzhou Mandarin) to take a nap
(Chinese calligraphy) a bend to the right (such as in ㇂, ㇃, or ㇠)
a surname, Xie

character

name of valley in Zhongnan Mountains, Shaanxi province

character

only used in 伊稚斜

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