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蒲

Mandarin · pinyin pú#

refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
common cattail
bullrush

Mandarin · pinyin Pú#

surname Pu
old place name

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蒲: pú · type of rush; vine

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2 · pu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bok6 · pou4

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

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character · Etymology 1

cattail (Typha)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 菖蒲 (chāngpú, “calamus”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Chinese fan palm”)
used in 蒲桃 (pútáo)
used in 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to appear
(Hong Kong Cantonese) to party; to leisure

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