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蕃
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- 蕃
- bō · fān · foreign things
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Mandarin tones
1 · bo1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bo3 · faan1 · faan4
Cantonese word readings for 蕃. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (literary) luxuriant; lush
- (literary) abundant; numerous
- (literary) to breed; to multiply; to proliferate
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 藩 (“to shield; to protect”)
character · Etymology 3
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 番 (“foreign”)
character · Etymology 4
- only used in 吐蕃 (Tǔbō, “(historical) Tibet”) and 土蕃 (“(historical) Tibet”)
character · Etymology 5
- (organic chemistry) phane
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