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褶皺

简褶皱 · 繁褶皺

Mandarin · pinyin zhě zhòu

fold; crease; wrinkle
(geology) fold

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褶: zhě · pleat, crease, wrinkles
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皱: zhòu · wrinkles, creases, folds

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3–4 · zhe3 zhou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zip3 zau3

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

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noun

fold; crease; folding (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
wrinkle (line or crease in the skin caused by age or fatigue) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 道 m)
(geology) fold (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

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