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角色

Mandarin · pinyin jué sè

role; part (in a play or movie etc)
also pr. jiǎosè

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角: jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139

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2–4 · jue2 se4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gok3 sik1

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

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noun

role; part (in a play, film, etc.); character (in a story, video game, etc.) (Classifier: 個／个)
(gaming) character (Classifier: 隻／只)
(figuratively) function; role; part (Classifier: 個／个)

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