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舟
Mandarin · pinyin zhōu
Meanings
- boat
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- 舟
- zhōu · boat, ship; Kangxi radical 137
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Mandarin tones
1 · zhou1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zau1
Cantonese word readings for 舟. 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) boat (Classifier: 葉／叶; 艘; 條／条; 隻／只)
- (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat
- a surname
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