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莫
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- 莫
- mò · do not, is not, can not; negative
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4 · mo4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 8 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mok6 · mou6
Cantonese word readings for 莫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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character · Etymology 1
- (literary) none; nothing; not anything
- (literary or dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Eastern Min, Xiang) do not; don't; must not
- particle indicating a rhetorical question
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (Min, Southern) do not; don't; must not
- (Min, Southern) to not want
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 暮 (mù, “dusk; late”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of vegetable
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