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混
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- 混
- hùn · to mix, blend, mingle; to bumble along
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2 · hun2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 17 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwan2 · wan4 · wan6
Cantonese word readings for 混. 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.
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- (literary, obsolete) torrential
- (literary or dialectal) turbid
- to mix; to blend
- to pass off as
- to muddle along
- to get along with somebody
- thoughtlessly; casually
- (literary) to unite; to combine
- (literary) to stir up trouble; to throw into disorder; to disrupt
- (Teochew) to disturb (someone)
- (literary) to joke
- used in 混沌 (hùndùn)
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- Used in personal names.
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 渾 /浑
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- only used in 混混 (gǔngǔn, “alternative form of 滾滾; rolling along”)
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- used in 混夷
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 崑 /昆 (Kūn)
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