校
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- 校
- xiào · school; military field officer
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4 · jiao4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 15 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaau3 · haau6
Cantonese word readings for 校. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- school; college; university
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (military) field officer
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fetters; shackles
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) railing; barracks
- (historical) horsekeeper official
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to examine; to check
- to proofread; to check; to compare
- (printing) proof
- (Cantonese) to adjust
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to oppose; to resist
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to contest
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bother about; to fuss about
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to decorate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to calculate
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