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添

Mandarin · pinyin tiān

to add; to increase; to replenish

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添: tiān · append, add to; increase

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tim1

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

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to add; to increase; to supplement; to fill
to give birth to (a baby)
(Hokkien) to put; to fill; to ladle (into a container)
(Cantonese, Hakka, Wenzhounese) again; more
(Cantonese) Particle expressing surprise (mirativity).
(Taishanese) need to (do something); have to
a surname
(Cantonese) a transliteration of the English male given name Tim

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