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橐

Mandarin · pinyin tuó

sack
tube open at both ends
(onom.) footsteps

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橐: tuó · a sack, a bag opening at both ends

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lok6 · tok3

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) bag; sack
(literary) to bag; to put in a bag
(literary) bellows used when smelting

character · Etymology 2

used in 橐橐

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete) camel

character · Etymology 4

(Hokkien) bag; sack

character · Etymology 5

(Hokkien) used in 橐袋仔

character · Etymology 6

(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to cover; to encase

character · Etymology 7

(historical dictionaries only) Name of a city.

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