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杻
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- 杻
- chǒu · Ligustrum sinense, tree
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3 · chou3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cau2 · nau2 · nau5
Cantonese word readings for 杻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) — a kind of shrub or small tree
- handcuffs; manacles (perhaps originally made of wood)
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