腍

Mandarin · pinyin rěn

Meanings

  1. be satiated
  2. cooked
  3. good-tasting
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腍
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3 · ren3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jam6 · nam4 · nam5

Cantonese word readings for 腍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 飪 /饪 (rèn, “cooked”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) delicious; tasty
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) full (having eaten one's fill)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) soft; tender
  2. (Cantonese) mushy; soggy; soft
  3. (Cantonese, of a person) kind; good-natured
  4. (Pinghua, of a person) physically weak

character · Etymology 3

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful

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