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種
简 种 · 繁 種Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
3 · zhong3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 15 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zung2 · zung3
Cantonese word readings for 種. 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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- seed; kernel; cereal
- clan; ethnic group; ethnicity; race
- (taxonomy) species; breed
- kind; sort; type
- Classifier for varieties: kind; sort; type ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (colloquial) guts; grit
- seed; offspring; child
- seed; offspring; child — (vulgar, derogatory) bastard, child of bastardy, adultery or from an affair; a child conceived in a scandalous or illegimate way
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sow; to strew
- to grow; to plant; to cultivate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to breed; to bring up
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to foster; to train
- to transplant; to inoculate
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
- a surname
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