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組
简 组 · 繁 組Mandarin · pinyin zǔ
Meanings
- to form
- to organize
- group
- team
- classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries
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3 · zu3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zou2
Cantonese word readings for 組. 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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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weave
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a thin, wide silk band
- to organize; to unite; to form
- group; team
- Classifier for sets and series.
- Classifier for groups of people.
- Classifier for batteries.
- a surname
- (botany, taxonomy) section
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