暢

简 畅 · 繁 暢
Mandarin · pinyin chàng

Meanings

  1. free
  2. unimpeded
  3. smooth
  4. at ease
  5. free from worry
  6. fluent
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暢
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畅
chàng · smoothly, freely, unrestrained
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4 · chang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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character

  1. unimpeded; smooth
  2. comfortable
  3. uninhibited; unrestrained
  4. (Teochew) whole
  5. (Teochew) to lead to; to go through
  6. (Teochew) to know
  7. a surname

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