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繇
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- 繇
- yáo · yóu · reason, cause
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2 · yao2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jau4 · jiu4 · zau6
Cantonese word readings for 繇. 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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- (literary) alternative form of 徭 (yáo, “corvee”)
- (literary) alternative form of 謠 /谣 (yáo, “folk song”)
- (obsolete, of vegetation) lush; flourishing
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 搖 /摇 (yáo, “to shake”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 陶 (yáo)
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- (literary) alternative form of 由 (yóu)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)
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- (historical) words of divination; interpretation of hexagrams
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- (alt. form 悠) used in 繇繇
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