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柱
Mandarin · pinyin zhù
Meanings
- pillar
- Classifier: 根 gēn
Characters in this entry
- 柱
- zhù · pillar, post; support; lean on
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Mandarin tones
4 · zhu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cyu5
Cantonese word readings for 柱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- pillar; post; column (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- column-shaped thing
- (music) bridge (on a string instrument, such as a guzheng)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) flats of the same layout on different floors
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stand tall and erect
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stiff
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to support; to lean on
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to block; to obstruct
character · Etymology 3
- only used in 柱夫
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