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疑
Mandarin · pinyin yí
Meanings
- (bound form) to doubt; to suspect
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- 疑
- yí · doubt, question, suspect
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2 · yi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 疑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- to doubt; to question — doubtful
- to doubt; to question — question; query
- to suspect
- to suspect — suspicious
- 62nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "doubt, unconfidence" (𝍃)
- as if
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 疑 (MC ngi)
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