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潲

Mandarin · pinyin shào

driving rain
to sprinkle

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潲: shào · driving rain; to sprinkle

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4 · shao4

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saau3 · siu6

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character · Etymology 1

swill
(colloquial, of rain) to fall aslant
(dialectal, including Beijing and Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Jin) to sprinkle; to spray

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, vulgar) semen
(Hokkien, vulgar, postpositive) Vulgar intensifier suffix added after certain verbs and adjectives to make it sound more vulgar.: the fuck; as fuck; as hell

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