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瀰

简弥 · 繁瀰

Mandarin · pinyin mí

brimming or overflowing

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弥: mí · extensive, full; fill; complete

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2 · mi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mei4 · mei5 · nei4

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

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(of water) full; overflowing; deep; expansive
(alt. form 彌／弥) full

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(obsolete) flow

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