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洩

简泄 · 繁洩

Mandarin · pinyin xiè

(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge

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泄: xiè · leak; vent; flow; reveal

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4 · xie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jai6 · sit3

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

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(of water or gas) to leak; to seep
(of emotions) to vent; to disperse
to reveal; to divulge (eg. secrets)
(obsolete) waterfall

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used in 洩洩／泄泄 (yìyì)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 泄 (“name of a river in Anhui Province”)

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