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讀破

简读破 · 繁讀破

Mandarin · pinyin dú pò

to read extensively and thoroughly
nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading hào in 愛好 ài hào rather than the usual hǎo

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讀: dú · read, study; pronounce
破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
读: dú · read, study; pronounce

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2–4 · du2 po4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

duk6 po3

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

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verb

(linguistics) to pronounce a Chinese character differently when it has a meaning or function different from its usual one

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