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瓣
Mandarin · pinyin bàn
Meanings
- petal
- segment
- clove (of garlic)
- piece
- section
- fragment
- valve
- lamella
- classifier for pieces, segments etc
Characters in this entry
- 瓣
- bàn · petal; segment; valves
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Mandarin tones
4 · ban4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
baan6 · faan6
Cantonese word readings for 瓣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) melon seeds
- petal
- segment; section; piece; clove (of garlic)
- (medicine) short for 瓣膜 (bànmó, “valve”)
- Classifier for pieces and segments, such as those of (cut-up) fruits or petals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (Cantonese) Classifier for domains of activity.; field
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