總角之交
简 总角之交 · 繁 總角之交Meanings
- (idiom) childhood friend
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- 總
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- 角
- jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica
- 之
- zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 交
- jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
- 总
- zǒng · collect; overall, altogether
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Mandarin tones
3–3–1–1 · zong3 jiao3 zhi1 jiao1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zung2 gok3 zi1 gaau1
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noun
- childhood friend
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