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稽
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- 稽
- jī · examine, investigate; delay
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1 · ji1
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kai1 · kai2
Cantonese word readings for 稽. 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.
character · Etymology 1
- (transitive) to examine; to investigate; to check
- (transitive) to examine; to investigate; to check — to recriminate; to argue; to dispute
- (transitive, intransitive) to keep; to reserve
- (transitive, intransitive) to keep; to reserve — to delay; to procrastinate
- (transitive) to reach
- (transitive, intransitive) to suit; to correspond
- to divine
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to kowtow; to bow to the ground
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