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竭

Mandarin · pinyin jié

to exhaust

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竭: jié · put forth great effort; exhaust

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kit3

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

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to shoulder
to dry up; to drain
to exhaust; to use up

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(Hokkien, Puxian Min) to be deficient; to be lacking; to be short of
(Mainland China Hokkien) infertile; barren (of land)
(Xiamen Hokkien) stingy; miserly
(Xiamen Hokkien) sluggish; slack (of business)

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