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更
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- 更
- gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter
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1 · geng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaang1 · gang1 · gang3 · ngang3
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to change; to replace
- to take turns; to rotate
- to experience
- 28th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "change" (𝌡)
- (Internet slang) short for 更新 (gēngxīn, “to update”)
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- (historical) watch (of a sentry)
- (historical) one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, by extension) shift; work shift; work period
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- more; even more
- (literary or Hong Kong) further; also
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- (Nanning Pinghua) so, to such an extent
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