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水鷚

简水鹨 · 繁水鷚

Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ liù

(bird species of China) water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
鷚: Look up this written character
鹨: liù · Anthus species (various)

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3–4 · shui3 liu4

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seoi2 lau6

Cantonese word readings for 水鷚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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