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脫

简 脱 · 繁 脫
Mandarin · pinyin tuō

Meanings

  1. to shed
  2. to take off
  3. to escape
  4. to get away from
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脫
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脱
tuō · take off
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1 · tuo1

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teoi3 · tyut3

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to take off (clothes); to peel off; to strip
  2. to get away from; to escape; to leave; to avoid
  3. to leave out; to miss; to omit
  4. rapid; swift; fast
  5. unaffected; free; at ease
  6. (literary) if; in case
  7. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to collapse; to pass out; to fall in a faint
  8. (Ningbonese and Shanghainese) and
  9. (Northern Wu, Jianghuai Mandarin) Used to indicate a negative outcome to a verb.
  10. (Cantonese) Classifier for generations.
  11. (Cantonese) Classifier for sets of clothing.
  12. a surname

character · Etymology 2

  1. used in 脫脫／脱脱 (“carefree”)
  2. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 蛻 /蜕 (“(of skin) cast off”)

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Hokkien) to slip out of place
  2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to misstep

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