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痾
简 疴 · 繁 痾Mandarin · pinyin kē
Meanings
- (literary) disease
- also pr. ē
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 痾. 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.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) illness; sickness; disease
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) weakness; defect
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) old grudge
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 屙 (ē, “to excrete; to have diarrhea”)
- (chiefly Taiwan) alternative form of 呃 (“interjection said when hesitating in speech”)
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