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調羹

简调羹 · 繁調羹

Mandarin · pinyin tiáo gēng

spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)

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調: Look up this written character
羹: gēng · soup, broth
调: diào · transfer, move, change; tune

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2–1 · tiao2 geng1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tiu4 gang1

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

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noun

spoon

verb

(literary, literal) to season a soup
(literary, figurative) to cook; to prepare a meal

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