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獻

简献 · 繁獻

Mandarin · pinyin xiàn

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献: xiàn · offer, present; show, display

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4 · xian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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character · Etymology 1

to offer; to present; to donate; to dedicate
to show; to display; to reveal; to expose
(Hokkien) to open out
(Hokkien) stench
(archaic) virtuous person
a surname
(neologism, slang) to commit a mass murder

character · Etymology 1

(historical) a method of filtering wine
(historical) sacrificial wine vessel

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien, Teochew) rank odor

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