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胚

Mandarin · pinyin pēi

embryo

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胚: pēi · embryo; unfinished things

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bui1 · pei1 · pui1

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embryo
(figurative) start; beginning (of an affair)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pregnant for one month
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 坯 (pī, “unfinished product; semifinished product”)
(Hokkien) young animal
(Hokkien, usually derogatory) Suffix indicating a certain type of person.
(Mainland China Hokkien) skeleton; frame; structure (of livestock)

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