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詳

简详 · 繁詳

Mandarin · pinyin xiáng

detailed
comprehensive

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詳: Look up this written character
详: xiáng · detailed, complete, thorough

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2 · xiang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coeng4 · joeng4

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

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character

detailed; complete; thorough
to explain; to elaborate
serene; composed

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 佯 (yáng, “to feign; to pretend”)

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