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漚

简 沤 · 繁 漚
Mandarin · pinyin ōu#

Meanings · ōu

  1. bubble
  2. froth
Mandarin · pinyin òu#

Meanings · òu

  1. to steep
  2. to macerate
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漚
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沤
òu · soak, steep; sodden or soaked
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1 · ou1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

au1 · au3

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to soak for a prolonged period of time; to steep
  2. (dialectal) to suppress one's feelings for a long time
  3. (Cantonese) to let to ferment or deteriorate for a prolonged period of time
  4. (Cantonese) to develop, incubate or grow (something that is bad)
  5. (Hokkien) to crumple; to wrinkle (usually clothes)
  6. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pile up together; to heap in a jumble (such as for cooking or compost or laundry)
  7. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, gambling) to stake bets with the money won and earned in the match to get double or even more
  8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to stake all capital in hopes of recouping what has been invested

character · Etymology 2

  1. foam; froth
  2. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 鷗 /鸥 (ōu)
  3. (～江) name of river

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Hokkien) bad; putrid; foul (smell)
  2. (Hokkien) bad; rotten; spoiled; decaying (food)
  3. (Hokkien) bad; poor; rotten; despicable; shoddy; inferior; substandard (quality, character, means, facial expression, etc.)
  4. (Hokkien) bad; gloomy; murky; turbid; muddy (color)

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