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消息
Mandarin · pinyin xiāo xi
Meanings
- (piece of) news; information
- message
- Classifier: 條 tiáo
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1–5 · xiao1 xi5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
siu1 sik1
Cantonese word readings for 消息. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- (countable, uncountable) message; news; information (Classifier: 條／条; 個／个)
- (countable) sign; clue
- (dialectal, countable) hidden mechanical device that moves other parts of the contraption when touched
- (Beijing Mandarin, Hokkien) earpick
verb
- (archaic) to increase and decrease; to ebb and flow; to rise and fall
- (archaic) to subjoin
- (archaic) to change
- (archaic) to rest; to recuperate
- (archaic) to calm down
- (archaic) to deliberate
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