葡萄

Mandarin · pinyin pú tao

Meanings

  1. grape
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葡
pú · grapes
萄
táo · grapes
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2–5 · pu2 tao5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pou4 tou4

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

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noun · Etymology 1

  1. grape (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 串 m; 粒; 抽 c; 捾 mn)

verb · Etymology 1

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to be jealous; to envy

name · Etymology 2

  1. Putao (a town in Myanmar)
  2. (~鎮) Putao Township (in Myanmar)
  3. (~縣) Putao District (in Myanmar)

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