涓滴

Mandarin · pinyin juān dī

Meanings

  1. tiny stream
  2. trickle
  3. drops
  4. tiny trickle of funds
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涓
juān · brook, stream; select; pure
滴
dī · drip; drop of water
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1–1 · juan1 di1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gyun1 dik6

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