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沖

简冲 · 繁沖

Mandarin · pinyin chōng

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冲: chōng · soar; pour boiling water over

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1 · chong1

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cung1

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

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character · Etymology 1

to pour water on; to rinse; to flush; to wash
to pour (boiling) water in
to soar; to rise; to shoot up
to develop (a film)
to offset
(dialectal) flatland in a mountainous area (Classifier: 個／个)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 涌 (chōng, “small river”)
a surname, Chong
(Internet, slang, euphemistic) to masturbate (male)

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