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汩

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ

Meanings

  1. confused
  2. extinguished
  3. (onom.) used in 汩汩 gǔ gǔ
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汩
gǔ · run swiftly
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3 · gu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwat1 · wat6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to regulate rivers; to govern or manage
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to create disorder; to make chaos; to disturb
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to submerge; to flood
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to indulge in; to wallow
  5. (literary) appearance of water flowing rapidly
  6. (literary, onomatopoeia) used in 汩汩 (“sound of water flowing”)
  7. a surname

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 𡿯 (yù, “flow of water”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) appearance of rapid movement
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clean appearance

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) surge

character

  1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to place rice and meat in a pot and slowly simmer (to make it become mush or paste-like)

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