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童
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- 童
- tóng · child, boy, servant boy; virgin
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Mandarin tones
2 · tong2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tung4
Cantonese word readings for 童. 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
- child
- young servant; servant boy
- (Min, dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) shaman
- virgin
- bald; bare; exposed
- a surname
- 12th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "youthfulness" (𝌑)
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