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癐

简𤶊 · 繁癐

Mandarin · pinyin guài

(literary) serious illness
(Cantonese) variant of 攰 guì

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4 · guai4

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gui6 · wai1

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

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) palpitation; illness
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) severely ill

character · Etymology 2

(onomatopoeia) The sound of shouting.

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