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莞
Mandarin · pinyin guān#
Meanings · guān
- Skimmia japonica
Mandarin · pinyin guǎn#
Meanings · guǎn
- used in 東莞 Dōng guǎn (the name of a place in Guangdong)
Mandarin · pinyin wǎn#
Meanings · wǎn
- smile
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- 莞
- guǎn · smiling; a kind of aquatic herb, clubrush, Scirpus lacustris
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Mandarin tones
1 · guan1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gun1 · gun2 · gwaan1 · wun1 · wun2 · wun5
Cantonese word readings for 莞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a type of long-stem watergrass, possibly the softstem rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) or Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mat woven using this kind of grass
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- used in 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn, “Dongguan”); also used as its short form
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smiling
character · Etymology 4
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脘 (wǎn, “gastric cavity”)
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