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淨

简净 · 繁淨

Mandarin · pinyin jìng

clean
completely
only
net (income, exports etc)
(Chinese opera) painted face male role

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淨: jìng · pure, clean, unspoiled
净: jìng · clean, pure; cleanse

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4 · jing4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeng6 · zing6

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

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character · Etymology 1

clean; unspoilt
(Cantonese) pure; with nothing else
to clean; to cleanse
finished; with nothing left
(of an amount) net
only; merely; nothing but
(Cantonese) alternative form of 剩 (“to be left; to remain”)
all; all the time
(opera) painted-face role

character · Etymology 3

(Teochew) to chase
(Teochew) to drive away; to chase away

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