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腥
Mandarin · pinyin xīng
Meanings
- fishy (smell)
Characters in this entry
- 腥
- xīng · raw meat; rank, strong-smelling
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Mandarin tones
1 · xing1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
seng1 · seng3 · sing1 · sing3
Cantonese word readings for 腥. 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.
character
- fishy smell
- having a fishy smell
- meat; fish
- (archaic) raw meat; uncooked meat
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