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祝

Mandarin · pinyin zhù#

to pray for
to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)
person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies

Mandarin · pinyin Zhù#

surname Zhu

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祝: zhù · pray for happiness or blessings

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4 · zhu4

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zau3 · zuk1

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to offer good wishes
(literary, or in compounds) to pray; to say prayers
(literary) words said in a prayer in a religious ceremony
(literary) wizard; warlock; sorcerer
(literary) temple attendant who burns joss sticks and candles
(literary) to break off; to cut off; to sever
a surname

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 咒 (zhòu, “to curse”)

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